Piperidine-containing compounds and use thereof

ABSTRACT

A method for preventing and/or treating a metabolic disease, cerebrovascular disease, etc. which comprises administering to a mammal an effective amount of the compound of the formula (I): 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof. And a novel compound of the formula (I-1): 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof has an anti-diabetic effect and a neuroprotective effect. Accordingly, the compound of the formula (I) and the compound of the formula (I-1) are useful in a method for preventing and/or treating for a metabolic disease such as diabetes, cerebrovascular disease such as stroke, etc.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to piperidine-containing compounds whichis useful as medicaments, and use thereof. For more detail, the presentinvention relates to a method for preventing and/or treating a metabolicdisease, cerebrovascular disease, etc., which comprises administering toa mammal an effective amount of the compound represented by formula (I):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described below;a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrugthereof, and a novel compound of formula (I-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described below;a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrugthereof.

BACKGROUND ART

Diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases, characterized byimpaired glucose metabolism and elevating blood glucose level. Diabetesis classified into two groups. Type 1 diabetes, or insulin dependentdiabetes mellitus (IDDM), is caused by lack of insulin secreted frompancreatic beta-cells. Type 2 diabetes, or non-insulin dependentdiabetes mellitus (NIDDM), is due to short of insulin action followingboth reduction of insulin secretion and insulin resistance. Insulinresistance is characterized by impaired insulin signaling in theinsulin-target tissues such as liver, muscle, fat and pancreas itself.The Western diet with high-fat content leads to weight gain and obesity,which accelerates the development of insulin resistance and type 2diabetes.

Presently, type 2 diabetes is treated with several medications thatstimulate or replace the pancreatic beta-cell function, or enhance theinsulin sensitivity of target tissues. However, the efficacy of thesetherapies often attenuates in the course of disease progression.Besides, the present agents for diabetes have several undesirable sideeffects such as hepatotoxicity, hypoglycemia, weight gain,gastrointestinal discomfort, lactic acidosis, and edema and so on.Accordingly, the more effective antidiabetic agent without these sideeffects has been desired earnestly.

On the other hand, the brain tissues are subject to ischemia over a longperiod of time in cerebrovascular disease, resulting in neuron cellsnecrosis and failure of regeneration, finally, cell deaths causecerebral infarction. Although ischemic stroke is the third most commoncause of death in the United States and Europe, the only currentlyapproved medicinal treatment is administration of intravenousrecombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). Other than rt-PA,examples of the currently and mainly used as cerebral infarctiontreating agents include thrombolytic agents such as urokinase,anticoagulants such as warfarin and heparin, and free radical scavengerssuch as Radicut (edalabon) (product name: manufactured by MitsubishiPharma Corporation).

However, rt-PA shows its efficacy only when it is administered within 3hours after onset of cerebral infarction, and with respect toanticoagulants, since it takes several days to express theanticoagulation action, the effects could hardly be said to besufficient. In addition, since Radicut (product name: manufactured byMitsubishi Pharma Corporation) sometimes causes serious side effectssuch as nephropathy, its use requires sufficient precautions. Thus,since the currently used cerebral infarction treating agents haveproblems in terms of their effect or toxicity and also have manylimitations regarding their use, the development of useful therapeuticagents has been desired earnestly.

It was described that a compound represented by formula (K):

wherein L^(1k) represents —C(O)—NH—, etc.; R^(1k) representsheterocyclealkyl, etc.; R^(2k) and R^(4k) each independently representscyano, etc.; R^(1k) represents halogen, etc.; R^(5k) represents alkoxy,etc.; is useful in antidiabetic agent and cerebral infarction treatingagent as c-jun N-terminal kinase inhibitor (see reference such as patentliterature 1).

Furthermore, it was described that a compound represented by formula(U):

wherein R^(1u), R^(2u) and R^(3u) each independently represents ahydrogen atom, alkoxy, etc.; W^(1u) and W^(2u) each independentlyrepresents N or CH; X^(u) represents NR^(4u)CO, etc.; R^(4u) representsa hydrogen, etc.; lu, mu and nu each independently represents a numberof 0 or 1; is useful in an antasthmatic agent (see reference such aspatent literature 2).

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (V):

wherein R^(1v), R^(2v) and R^(3v) each independently represents ahydrogen atom, alkoxy, etc.; W^(1v) and W^(2v) each independentlyrepresents N or CH; X^(v) represents NR^(4v)CO, etc.; R^(4v) representsa hydrogen, etc.; lv, my and nv each independently represents a numberof 0 or 1; is useful in an anti-inflammatory agent (see reference suchas patent literature 3).

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (W):

wherein R^(1w), R^(2w) and R^(3w) each independently represents ahydrogen atom, alkoxy, etc.; W^(1w) and W^(2w) each independentlyrepresents N or CH; X^(w) represents NR^(4w)CO, etc.; R^(4W) representsa hydrogen, etc.; lw, mw and nw each independently represents a numberof 0 or 1; is useful in an HDAC inhibitor (see reference such as patentliterature 4).

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (Y):

wherein R^(1y), R^(2y) and R^(3y) each independently represents ahydrogen atom, alkoxy, etc.; W^(1y) and W^(2y) each independentlyrepresents N or CH; XY represents NR^(4y)CO, etc.; R^(4Y) represents ahydrogen, etc.; ly, my and ny each independently represents a number of0 or 1; is useful in a preventive/therapeutic agent for diseasesattributable to erythropoietin production depression (see reference suchas patent literature 5).

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (B):

wherein R^(1b) represents carbocyclyl which may have a substituent(s),etc.; R^(2b) represents heteroaryl which may have a substituent(s),etc.; R^(ab) represents heteroaryl which may have a substituent(s),etc.; X^(b) represents C1-5 alkylene chain, etc.; Y^(b) represents—C(O)—, etc.; Ring A^(b) represents aromatic 5-6 membered monocyclicring which may have a substituent(s), etc.; mb represents a number of 0or 1; nb represents a number of 0-5; is useful in CCR5 antagonists astherapeutic agents (see reference such as patent literature 6)

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (C):

wherein R^(3c) represents alkyl, etc.; R^(4c) represents alkyl, etc.;R^(5c) and R^(6c) each independently represents alkoxy which may have asubstituent, etc.; R^(7c) and R^(8c) each independently representsalkyl, etc.; A^(c) represents phenyl substituted by phenyl orunsubstituted thienyl, etc.; X^(c) represents a bond, etc.; Y^(c)represents alkylene, etc.; Z^(c) represents alkylene, etc.; is useful inantiarrhythmic agent (see reference such as patent literature 7)

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (D):

wherein R^(1d) represents heteroaryl which may have a substituent(s),etc.; R^(2d) represents alkyl, etc.; R^(3d) and R^(4d) eachindependently represents hydrogen, etc.; R^(5d) represents hydrogen,etc.; R^(6d) represents heteroaryl which may have a substituent(s),etc.; A^(d) represents phenyl, etc.; L^(1d) represents a bond, etc.;L^(2d) represents methylene, etc.; L^(3d) represents —C(O)—, etc.; X^(d)represents halogen, etc.; nd represents a number of 0-3; is useful incannabinoid receptor ligands (see reference such as patent literature 8)

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (E):

wherein R^(4e) represents heteroaryl, etc.; R^(5e) and R^(6e) eachindependently represents hydrogen, etc.; R^(8e) and R^(9e) eachindependently represents alkyl, etc.; R^(10e) represents heteroaryl,etc.; X^(e) represents oxygen, etc.; me represents a number of 0-4; yerepresents a number of 0-2; ze represents a number of 0-2; is useful ina preventive/therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's diseases (see referencesuch as patent literature 9)

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (F):

wherein R^(1f) represents heteroaryl which may have a substituent(s),etc.; R^(2f) represents alkyl which may have a substituent(s), etc.;R^(3f) represents hydroxy, etc.; R^(4f) represents heteroaryl which mayhave a substituent(s), etc.; X^(f) represents —C(O)— or —S(O)₂—; Y^(f)represents —CR^(5f)R^(6f)— or —CR^(5f)R^(6f)CR^(7f)R^(8f)—; R^(5f),R^(6f), R^(7f) and R^(8f) each independently represents alkyl, etc.; isuseful in cannabinoid receptor 1 antagonists (see reference such aspatent literature 10)

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (G):

wherein R^(1g) and each independently represents heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s), etc.; Alk^(1g) and Alk^(2g) eachindependently represents bivalent hydrocarbon which may have asubstituent(s), etc.; L^(1g) represents 1-6 linker group, etc.; L^(2g)represents a bond or 1-6 linker group, etc.; Het^(1g) representsoptionally substituted saturated heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen;mg and ng each independently represents a number of 0 or 1; is useful ina melanin concentrating hormone receptor antagonist (see reference suchas patent literature 11)

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (J):

wherein, P^(J) represents alkyl which may have a substituent(s), etc.;Q^(J) represents heterocyclyl ring which may have a substituent(s),etc.; Z^(J) represents nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur which may be oxidized;R^(J) represents phenyl which may have a substituent(s), etc.; X^(J)represents halogene, etc.; PJ is 0 to 4; is useful in a fungicides (seereference such as patent literature 12).

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (H):

wherein, R^(1ah), R^(1bh), R^(2h) and R^(7h) each in dependentlyrepresents hydrogen, etc; R^(3h) and R^(4h) each independentlyrepresents hydrogen, pyridine, etc; R^(6h) represents alkoxy, amino,nitrile, etc; A^(1h) and A^(2h) each independently represents bond,—CONH—, etc; A^(3h) represents bond, etc; V^(h) represents pyridine,etc; W^(h) represents piperidine, etc; X^(h) represents thiazole, etc;nh and ph each independently represents 0 to 4; rh represents 0 to 5; isuseful in a farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitor (see reference suchas patent literature 13)

Furthermore, it has been described that a compound represented byformula (L):

wherein, R^(1L), R^(2L), R^(3L), R^(4L), R^(5L) and R^(7L) eachindependently represents hydrogen, etc; R^(8L) represents alkoxy, amino,nitrile, etc; A^(L) represents carbon or nitrogen; B^(L), C^(L), D^(L)and E^(L) each independently represents carbon, nitrogen, oxygen orsulfur; F^(L) each independently represents carbon or nitrogen; A^(1L)and A^(2L) each independently represents bond, —CONH—, etc; V^(L)represents pyridine, etc; W^(L) represents piperidine, etc; X^(L)represents bond, etc; rL represents 0 to 5; nL and pL each independentlyrepresents 0 to 4; tL represents 0 or 1; qL represents 0 to 3; is usefulin a farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitor (see reference such aspatent literature 14) Furthermore, it has been described that a compoundrepresented by formula (N):

wherein, W^(N) represents piperidine, etc; R_(1N) and R_(2N) eachindependently represents hydrogen, etc; B^(N) represents —CONH—(C0-2alkylene)-, etc; Q^(N) and P^(N) each independently represents pyridinewhich may have a substituent(s) such as alkoxy, amine, nitrile, etc;A^(N) represents thiazole, etc; X^(N) and Y^(N) each independentlyrepresents bond, C1-6 alkyl, etc; is useful in a mGluR5 positiveallosteric modulator (see reference such as patent literature 15).

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DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Although many therapeutic agents for metabolic diseases andcerebrovascular disease have developed for a long time, some therapeuticagents have undesirable side effects.

As an example, it is noted that the compound represented by formula (K)is useful for an antidiabetic agent and a cerebral infarction treatingagent in PCT publication WO2006083673, the compounds was, however, foundto have undesirable side effects such as hepatotoxicity in our assaydescribed below.

Accordingly, it is desired to develop an agent for the prevention and/ortreatment of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and cerebrovasculardisease such as stroke with high-safety and sufficient pharmacologicalactivity.

The present inventors have made extensive studies to find a compoundthat can become a therapeutic agent for metabolic diseases andcerebrovascular disease without undesirable side effects such ashepatotoxicity. As a result, we have found that the object is achievedby the compounds of the present invention represented by the formula (I)having an equivalent anti-diabetic effect and unexpected advantageousproperties which avoid undesirable side effects such as hepatotoxicity,when compared to the compound represented by (K) reported in PCTpublication WO2006083673, and then we have completed the presentinvention.

Namely, the present invention relates to the followings.

(1) A compound of the formula (I-1):

wherein Cyc1¹ is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s);

Cyc2¹ is 5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s);

Cyc4¹ is 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

X¹ is —CH₂—, —CO— or —SO₂—;

Z¹ is —N(R⁵¹)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵¹)—, —N(R⁵¹)—, bond or —O—,

wherein R⁵¹ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s),or R⁵¹ and the substituent of Cyc4¹ may be taken together to form C1-4alkylene which may have a substituent(s) or C2-4 alkenylene which mayhave a substituent(s);

R¹⁰ is hydrogen or a substituent;

R¹¹⁰ is a substituent;

p is an integer of 0 to 8,

wherein p is an integer of 2 to 8, each R¹¹⁰ may be same or different;and

wherein the compound of the formula (I-1) is not a compound of formula(I-2):

wherein Cyc1³ is

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to isoxazolyl carbon;

Cyc4² is

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to carbonyl carbon;

R⁶ is hydrogen, acetyl, tert-butoxycarbonyl, methylsulfonyl orphenylsulfonyl;

R⁷ is hydrogen, chlorine, phenyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, phenoxy,cyano or N-acetylamino;

R⁸ is hydrogen, N,N-dimethylamino or N-morpholinyl; and

R⁹ is hydrogen, methyl or phenyl, a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, asolvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof,

(2) The compound according to (1) above, wherein

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to methylene carbon;

Cyc8 is (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s) or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc9 is (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s) or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc10 is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s);

Cyc11 is 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s);

Cyc12 is 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

E is —O— or —N(R⁵⁴)—,

wherein R⁵⁴ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s);

R⁵² is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s);

R⁵³ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s); and

wherein the compound of the formula (I-1) is not the compound of formula(I-2) described in (1) above; and

the other symbols have the same meanings as described in (1) above,

(3) The compound according to (2) above,

wherein Cyc8 is (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring whichhave at least two substituents or 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclicring which have at least two substituents or (2) 8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 8- to10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc9 is (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which have atleast two substituents or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich have at least two substituents or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); and

wherein the compound of the formula (I-1) is not the compound of formula(I-2) described in (1) above,

(4) The compound according to (2) above,

wherein Cyc8 is (1)(a) imidazolyl, triazolyl, pyrazolyl, furanyl,oxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, furazanyl, oxadiazolyl orthiadiazolyl which may have a substituent(s) or (1)(b) pyrrolyl orthienyl which have a substituent(s),

(5) The compound according to (1) above, wherein the compound of theformula (I-1) is a compound of the formula (I-1-1):

a compound of the formula (I-1-2):

a compound of the formula (I-1-3):

or a compound of the formula (I-1-4):

wherein W¹ and W² are each independently CH or N;

W³ and W⁴ are each independently CH or N;

R¹¹ is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s),C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyano or amino, and each R¹¹may be same or different;

R¹² is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s),C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyano or amino;

R¹³ is C1-4 alkyl which may have a substitutent(s);

n is an integer of 2 to 4;

m is an integer of 0 to 4,

wherein m is an integer of 2 to 4, each R¹² may be same or different;and

the other symbols have the same meanings as described in (1) above,

(6) A compound of the formula (I-1-5):

wherein Cyc1¹ is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s);

Cyc2¹ is 5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s);

X¹ is —CH₂—, —CO— or —SO₂—;

R¹⁰ is hydrogen or a substituent;

W⁵ is CH or N;

R¹⁴ is cyano or amino;

R¹⁵ is halogen, cyano or amino; and

R¹⁶ is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s),C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyano or amino,

a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrugthereof,

(7) The compound according to (5) above or (6) above,

wherein Cyc1¹ is pyrrolidinyl, phenyl, N-morpholinyl or pyridyl whichmay have a substituent(s); and

Cyc2¹ is thiazolyl, isoxazolyl, thienyl or oxadiazolyl which may have asubstituent(s),

(8) The compound according to (7) above, wherein

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to X¹,

(9) The compound according to (5) above or (6) above, wherein

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to X¹;

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to methylene carbon;

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to methylene carbon;

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to methylene carbon;

X¹ is —CH₂—;

R¹⁰ is hydrogen; and

R¹⁶ is chlorine, hydroxy, methoxy or ethoxy which may have asubstituent(s), methyl or ethyl which may have a substituent(s), cyanoor amino; and

the other symbols have the same meanings as described in (5) above or(6) above,

(10) The compound according to (6) above, which is selected from thegroup consisting of

-   (1)    4-amino-5-chloro-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide,-   (2)    4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide,-   (3)    4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide,    and-   (4)    4-Amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide,

(11) A pharmaceutical composition which comprises the compound of theformula (I-1-5) according to (6) above, a salt thereof, an N-oxidethereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof,

(12) A method for preventing and/or treating an insulin-resistantdiabetes mellitus, which comprises administering to a mammal aneffective amount of a compound of formula (I):

wherein Cyc1 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc2 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc3 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc4 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

X is —CR³R⁴—, —CO— or —SO₂—,

wherein R³ and R⁴ are each independently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s);

R¹ and R² are each independently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s); and

Z is —N(R⁵)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵)—, —N(R⁵)—, bond or —O—,

wherein R⁵ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), orR⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4 may be taken together to form C1-4alkylene which may have a substituent(s) or C2-4 alkenylene which mayhave a substituent(s),

a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrugthereof,

(13) The method according to (12) above,

wherein R¹ and R² are each hydrogen;

Cyc1 is 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s);

Cyc2 is 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s);

Cyc3 is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s); and

Cyc4 is 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s),

(14) The method according to (13) above, wherein the compound of theformula (I) is a compound of formula (I-1-5):

wherein Cyc1¹ is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s);

Cyc2¹ is 5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s);

X¹ is —CH₂—, —CO— or —SO₂—;

R¹⁰ is hydrogen or a substituent;

W⁵ is CH or N;

R¹⁴ is cyano or amino;

R¹⁵ is halogen, cyano or amino; and

R¹⁶ is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s),C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyano or amino,

(15) Use of the compound of the formula (I) according to (12) above, asalt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrugthereof, for the manufacture of an agent for preventing and/or treatingan insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus.

(16) A method for preventing and/or treating a stroke, which comprisesadministering to a mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula(I):

wherein Cyc1 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc2 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc3 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

Cyc4 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

X is —CR³R⁴—, —CO— or —SO₂—,

wherein R³ and R⁴ are each independently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s);

R¹ and R² are each independently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s); and

Z is —N(R⁵)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵)—, —N(R⁵)—, bond or —O—,

wherein R⁵ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), orR⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4 may be taken together to form C1-4alkylene which may have a substituent(s) or C2-4 alkenylene which mayhave a substituent(s),

a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrugthereof,

(17) The method according to (16) above,

wherein R¹ and R² are hydrogen;

Cyc1 is 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s);

Cyc2 is 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s);

Cyc3 is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s); and

Cyc4 is 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s),

(18) The method according to (17) above, wherein the compound of theformula (I) is a compound of formula (I-1-5):

wherein Cyc1¹ is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s);

Cyc2′ is 5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s);

X¹ is —CH₂—, —CO— or —SO₂—;

R¹⁰ is hydrogen or a substituent;

W⁵ is CH or N;

R¹⁴ is cyano or amino;

R¹⁵ is halogen, cyano or amino; and

R¹⁶ is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s),C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyano or amino, and

(19) Use of the compound of the formula (I) according to (16) above, asalt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrugthereof, for the manufacture of an agent for preventing and/or treatinga stroke.

In the present specification, Cyc1 represents a cyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s).

The “cyclic ring” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a “carbocyclic ring”, a“heterocyclic ring”, and the like.

The “carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a “3-to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic carbocyclic ring”,and the like. The “3- to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic ortri-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes a “3- to15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclicring, partially or completely saturated carbocyclic ring”, a“spiro-bound bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring, and a crosslinked bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring”, and the like.

The “3- to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic partially orcompletely saturated carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane,cycloheptane, cyclooctane, cyclononane, cyclodecane, cycloundecane,cyclododecane, cyclotridecane, cyclotetradecane, cyclopentadecane,cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, cyclooctene, cyclopentadiene,cyclohexadiene, cycloheptadiene, cyclooctadiene, benzene, pentalene,perhydropentalene, azulene, perhydroazulene, indene, perhydroindene,indane, naphthalene, dihydronaphthalene, tetrahydronaphthalene,perhydronaphthalene, heptalene, perhydroheptalene, biphenylene,as-indacene, s-indacene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene,phenalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, and the like. The “spiro-boundbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example,spiro[4.4]nonane, spiro[4.5]decane, spiro[5.5]undecane rings and thelike. The “crosslinked bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1includes, for example, bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene,bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane, bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene, bicyclo[3.2.1]octane,bicyclo[2.2.2]octane, bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene, adamantane, noradamantanerings and the like. Among the “3- to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclicor tri-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1, a “3-to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic aromatic carbocyclicring” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, benzene, azulene,naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene rings and the like.

The “heterocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a “3-to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic heterocyclic ringhaving 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)”, and the like. Herein, the “3- to15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic heterocyclic ringhaving 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes a “3-to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic unsaturatedheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s), or partially orcompletely saturated one thereof”, a “spiro-bound bi-cyclic heterocyclicring and a crosslinked bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring”.

The “3- to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic unsaturatedheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s), or a partially orcompletely saturated one thereof” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, pyridine,pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, azepine, diazepine, furan, pyran,oxepine, thiophene, thiopyran, thiepine, oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole,isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole, oxazine, oxadiazine, oxazepine,oxadiazepine, thiadiazole, thiazine, thiadiazine, thiazepine,thiadiazepine, indole, isoindole, indolizine, benzofuran, isobenzofuran,benzothiophene, isobenzothiophene, dithianaphthalene, indazole,quinoline, isoquinoline, quinolizine, purine, phthalazine, pteridine,naphthyridine, quinoxaline, quinazoline, cinnoline, benzoxazole,benzothiazole, benzimidazole, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, chromene,benzoxepine, benzoxazepine, benzoxadiazepine, benzothiepine,benzothiazepine, benzothiadiazepine, benzoazepine, benzodiazepine,benzofurazan, benzothiadiazole, benzotriazole,isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine, carbazole, β-carboline, acridine, phenazine,dibenzofuran, xanthene, dibenzothiophene, phenothiazine, phenoxazine,phenoxathiin, thianthrene, phenanthridine, phenanthroline, perimidine,aziridine, azetidine, pyrroline, pyrrolidine, imidazoline,imidazolidine, triazoline, triazolidine, tetrazoline, tetrazolidine,pyrazoline, pyrazolidine, dihydropyridine, tetrahydropyridine,piperidine, dihydropyrazine, tetrahydropyrazine, piperazine,dihydropyrimidine, tetrahydropyrimidine, perhydropyrimidine,dihydropyridazine, tetrahydropyridazine, perhydropyridazine,dihydroazepine, tetrahydroazepine, perhydroazepine, dihydrodiazepine,tetrahydrodiazepine, perhydrodiazepine, oxirane, oxetane, dihydrofuran,tetrahydrofuran, dihydropyran, tetrahydropyran, dihydroxepine,tetrahydroxepine, perhydroxepine, thiirane, thietane, dihydrothiophene,tetrahydrothiophene, dihydrothiopyran, tetrahydrothiopyran,dihydrothiepin, tetrahydrothiepin, perhydrothiepin, dihydroxazole,tetrahydroxazole (oxazolidine), dihydroisoxazole, tetrahydroisoxazole(isoxazolidine), dihydrothiazole, tetrahydrothiazole (thiazolidine),dihydroisothiazole, tetrahydroisothiazole (isothiazolidine),dihydrofurazan, tetrahydrofurazan, dihydroxadiazole, tetrahydroxadiazole(oxadiazolidine), dihydroxazine, tetrahydroxazine, dihydroxadiazine,tetrahydroxadiazine, dihydroxazepine, tetrahydroxazepine,perhydroxazepine, dihydroxadiazepine, tetrahydroxadiazepine,perhydroxadiazepine, dihydrothiadiazole, tetrahydrothiadiazole(thiadiazolidine), dihydrothiazine, tetrahydrothiazine,dihydrothiadiazine, tetrahydrothiadiazine, dihydrothiazepine,tetrahydrothiazepine, perhydrothiazepine, dihydrothiadiazepine,tetrahydrothiadiazepine, perhydrothiadiazepine, morpholine,thiomorpholine, oxathiane, indoline, isoindoline, dihydrobenzofuran,perhydrobenzofuran, dihydroisobenzofuran, perhydroisobenzofuran,dihydrobenzothiophene, perhydrobenzothiophene, dihydroisobenzothiophene,perhydroisobenzothiophene, dihydroindazole, perhydroindazole,dihydroquinoline, 1,4-dihydroquinoline, tetrahydroquinoline,perhydroquinoline, dihydroisoquinoline, tetrahydroisoquinoline,perhydroisoquinoline, dihydrophthalazine, tetrahydrophthalazine,perhydrophthalazine, dihydronaphthyridine, tetrahydronaphthyridine,perhydronaphthyridine, dihydroquinoxaline, tetrahydroquinoxaline,perhydroquinoxaline, dihydroquinazoline, tetrahydroquinazoline,perhydroquinazoline, dihydrocinnoline, tetrahydrocinnoline,perhydrocinnoline, benzoxathiane, dihydrobenzoxazine,dihydrobenzothiazine, pyrazinomorpholine, dihydrobenzoxazole,perhydrobenzoxazole, dihydrobenzothiazole, perhydrobenzothiazole,dihydrobenzimidazole, perhydrobenzimidazole, dihydrobenzazepine,tetrahydrobenzazepine, dihydrobenzodiazepine, tetrahydrobenzodiazepine,benzodioxepane, dihydrobenzoxazepine, tetrahydrobenzoxazepine,dihydrocarbazole, tetrahydrocarbazole, perhydrocarbazole,dihydroacridine, tetrahydroacridine, perhydroacridine,dihydrodibenzofuran, dihydrodibenzothiophene, tetrahydrodibenzofuran,tetrahydrodibenzothiophene, perhydrodibenzofuran,perhydrodibenzothiophene, dioxolane, dioxane, dithiolane, dithiane,dioxaindane, benzodioxane, chroman, benzodithiolane, benzodithiane,6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyrazine, 5H-cyclopenta[b]pyrazine,imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole rings and the like. The “spiro-boundbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example,azaspiro[4.4]nonane, oxazaspiro[4.4]nonane, dioxaspiro[4.4]nonane,azaspiro[4.5]decane, thiaspiro[4.5]decane, dithiaspiro[4.5]decane,dioxaspiro[4.5]decane, oxazaspiro[4.5]decane, azaspiro[5.5]undecane,oxaspiro[5.5]undecane, dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane rings and the like. The“crosslinked bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes,for example, azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane,azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane, azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane,oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane,diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane rings and the like. Among the “3- to15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic unsaturatedheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc1, a“3- to 15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic aromaticheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc1includes, for example, pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, tetrazole,pyrazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, furan, thiophene,oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole, isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole,thiadiazole, indole, isoindole, benzofuran, isobenzofuran,benzothiophene, isobenzothiophene, indazole, quinoline, isoquinoline,purine, phthalazine, pteridine, naphthyridine, quinoxaline, quinazoline,cinnoline, benzooxazole, benzothiazole, benzimidazole,imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, benzofurazan, benzothiadiazole, benzotriazole,isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine, carbazole, β-carboline, acridine, phenazine,dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, phenanthridine, phenanthroline,perimidine rings and the like.

Moreover, Cyc1 also represents 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a “5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” and the like. The “5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes a “5- to7-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring, partially orcompletely saturated carbocyclic ring” and the like.

The “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring,partially or completely saturated carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1includes, for example, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cyclopentene,cyclohexene, cycloheptane, cyclopentadiene, cyclohexadiene, benzene,cycloheptadiene and the like. Among the “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclicunsaturated carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1, a “5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic aromatic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, benzene.

The “substituent” in the “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a “5- to7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s),1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)”and the like. Herein, the “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclicring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes a “5-to 7-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated one thereof”.

The “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfuratom(s) as a hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated onethereof” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, pyrrole, imidazole,triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine,pyridazine, azepine, diazepine, furan, pyran, oxepine, thiophene,thiopyran, thiepine, oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole, isothiazole, furazan,oxadiazole, oxazine, oxadiazine, oxazepine, oxadiazepine, thiadiazole,thiazine, thiadiazine, thiazepine, thiadiazepine, pyrroline,pyrrolidine, imidazoline, imidazolidine, triazoline, triazolidine,tetrazoline, tetrazolidine, pyrazoline, pyrazolidine, dihydropyridine,tetrahydropyridine, piperidine, dihydropyrazine, tetrahydropyrazine,piperazine, dihydropyrimidine, tetrahydropyrimidine, perhydropyrimidine,dihydropyridazine, tetrahydropyridazine, perhydropyridazine,dihydroazepine, tetrahydroazepine, perhydroazepine, dihydrodiazepine,tetrahydrodiazepine, perhydrodiazepine, dihydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran,dihydropyran, tetrahydropyran, dihydroxepine, tetrahydroxepine,perhydroxepine, dihydrothiophene, tetrahydrothiophene, dihydrothiopyran,tetrahydrothiopyran, dihydrothiepin, tetrahydrothiepin, perhydrothiepin,dihydroxazole, tetrahydroxazole (oxazolidine), dihydroisoxazole,tetrahydroisoxazole (isoxazolidine), dihydrothiazole, tetrahydrothiazole(thiazolidine), dihydroisothiazole, tetrahydroisothiazole(isothiazolidine), dihydrofurazan, tetrahydrofurazan, dihydroxadiazole,tetrahydroxadiazole (oxadiazolidine), dihydroxazine, tetrahydroxazine,dihydroxadiazine, tetrahydroxadiazine, dihydroxazepine,tetrahydroxazepine, perhydroxazepine, dihydroxadiazepine,tetrahydroxadiazepine, perhydroxadiazepine, dihydrothiadiazole,tetrahydrothiadiazole (thiadiazolidine), dihydrothiazine,tetrahydrothiazine, dihydrothiadiazine, tetrahydrothiadiazine,dihydrothiazepine, tetrahydrothiazepine, perhydrothiazepine,dihydrothiadiazepine, tetrahydrothiadiazepine, perhydrothiadiazepine,morpholine, thiomorpholine and the like. Among the “5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogenatom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a heteroatom(s)” represented by Cyc1, a “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic aromaticheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc1includes, for example, pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, tetrazole,pyrazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, furan, thiophene,oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole, isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole,thiadiazole rings and the like.

The “substituent” in the “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 is not particularly limited, so long as it is asubstituent. The “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, (1) carboxyl,(2) sulfo, (3) sulfino, (4) phosphono, (5) nitro, (6) oxo, (7) thioxo,(8) cyano, (9) amidino, (10) dihydroxyboryl(—B(OH)₂), (11) halogen(fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine), (12) alkoxycarbonyl (forexample, C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, such as methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl,propoxycarbonyl, isopropoxycarbonyl, butoxycarbonyl, isobutoxycarbonyl,sec-butoxycarbonyl, tert-butoxycarbonyl, pentoxycarbonyl,isopentoxycarbonyl, hexyloxycarbonyl, etc.), (13) alkylsulfinyl (forexample, C1-6 alkylsulfinyl, such as methylsulfinyl, ethylsulfinyl,propylsulfinyl, butylsulfinyl, pentylsulfinyl, hexylsulfinyl,tert-butylsulfinyl, etc.), (14) arylsulfinyl (C6-10 aromatic carbocyclicsulfinyl, such as phenylsulfinyl, naphthylsulfinyl, etc.), (15)alkylsulfonyl (for example, C1-6 alkylsulfonyl, such as methylsulfonyl,ethylsulfonyl, propylsulfonyl, butylsulfonyl, pentylsulfonyl,hexylsulfonyl, tert-butylsulfonyl, etc.), and the like, (16)arylsulfonyl (for example, C6-10 aromatic carbocyclic sulfonyl, such asphenylsulfonyl, naphthylsulfonyl, etc.), (17) alkylcarbonylhydrazino(for example, C1-6 alkylcarbonylhydrazino (—NH—NH—CO—(C1-6 alkyl), suchas methylcarbonylhydrazino, ethylcarbonylhydrazino,tert-butylcarbonylhydrazino, etc.), (18) arylhydrazone (for example,C6-10 aromatic carbo cyclic hydrazone which may have a substituent(s),such as benzaldehyde hydrazone, p-methoxybenzaldehyde hydrazone, etc.),(19) acyl (for example, C1-6 alkanoyl, such as formyl, acetyl,propanoyl, pivaloyl, etc., C3-8 cycloalkanoyl, such ascyclopentylcarbonyl, cyclohexylcarbonyl, etc., C6-10 aromaticcarbocyclic carbonyl, such as, benzoyl, etc., heterocyclic carbonylwhich may have a substituent(s), such as morpholin-4-ylcarbonyl,piperidin-1-ylcarbonyl, 1-methylpiperazin-4-ylcarbonyl etc., C6-10aromatic carbocyclic alkanoyl which may have a substituent(s), such asphenylmethylcarbonyl, 2-phenylethylcarbonyl, etc.), and the like, (20)optionally protected hydroxy, (21) optionally protected thiol, (22)optionally protected amino, (23) carbamoyl which may have asubstituent(s), (24) sulfamoyl which may have a substituent(s), (25)imino which may have a substituent(s), (26) alkyl which may have asubstituent(s), (27) alkenyl which may have a substituent(s), (28)alkynyl which may have a substituent(s), (29) carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s), (30) heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and the like. And these substituent(s) may exist on thesubstitutable position and the number of substituents may be from 1 to5, if the number of substituents is two or more, each substituent may besame or different.

The “alkyl” in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a straight or branched C1-10alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl,sec-butyl, tert-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, andthe like. The “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” is not particularly limited, so long as it is asubstituent. The “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, straight orbranched C1-10 alkyl (such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl,isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl,decyl, etc.), straight or branched C2-6 alkenyl (such as ethenyl,propenyl, butenyl, butadienyl, pentenyl, pentadienyl, hexenyl,hexadienyl, etc.), straight or branched C2-6 alkynyl (such as ethynyl,propynyl, butynyl, butadiynyl, pentynyl, pentadiynyl, hexynyl,hexadiynyl, etc.), hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy (such as methoxy, ethoxy,propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, etc.),C6-10 aryloxy (such as phenoxy, benzyloxy, etc.), thiol, C1-6 alkylthio(such as methylthio, ethylthio, propylthio, isopropylthio, butylthio,isobutylthio, tert-butylthio, pentylthio, hexylthio, etc.), C6-10arylthio (such as phenylthio), amino, mono- or di-(C1-6 alkyl)amino(such as methylamino, ethylamino, propylamino, dimethylamino,diethylamino, etc.), mono- or di-(C6-10 aryl)amino (such as phenyamino,diphenylamino, etc.), mono-(C1-6 alkyl)-mono-(C6-10 aryl)amino (such asN-phenyl-N-methylamino, N-phenyl-N-ethylamino, etc.), mono- or di-(C1-6alkyl)aminoalkoxy (such as methylaminoethoxy, ethylaminoethoxy,propylaminoethoxy, dimethylaminoethoxy, diethylaminoethoxy, etc.),heterocyclealkoxy (such as 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethoxy,2-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy, etc.), heterocyclic ring (such as imidazolyl,morpholinyl, piperazinyl, etc.), tert-butoxycarboxylpiperazine,carboxyl, C1-6 alkylcarbonyloxy (such as acetoxy, ethylcarbonyloxy,etc.), halogen (for example, fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine,etc.), cyano, nitro, oxo, and the like. And these substituent(s) mayexist on the substitutable position and the number of substituents maybe from 1 to 5, if the number of substituents is two or more, eachsubstituent may be same or different.

The “alkenyl” in the “alkenyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 includes, for example a straight or branched C2-6alkenyl such as ethenyl, propenyl, butenyl, butadienyl, pentenyl,pentadienyl, hexenyl, hexadienyl, and the like. The “substituent” in the“alkenyl which may have a substituent(s)” is not particularly limited,so long as it is a substituent. The “substituent” in the “alkenyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above. And thesesubstituent(s) may exist on the substitutable position and the number ofsubstituents may be from 1 to 4, if the number of substituents is two ormore, each substituent may be same or different.

The “alkynyl” in the “alkynyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a straight or branched C2-6alkynyl such as ethynyl, propynyl, butynyl, butadiynyl, pentynyl,pentadiynyl, hexynyl, hexadiynyl, and the like. The “substituent” in the“alkynyl which may have a substituent(s)” is not particularly limited,so long as it is a substituent. The “substituent” in the “alkynyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above. And thesesubstituent(s) may exist on the substitutable position and the number ofsubstituents may be from 1 to 4, if the number of substituents is two ormore, each substituent may be same or different.

The “carbocyclic ring” in the “carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a “3- to15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic carbocyclic ring”represented by Cyc1 described above, and the like. The “substituent” inthe “carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” is notparticularly limited, so long as it is a substituent. The “substituent”in the “carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above. And these substituent(s) may existon the substitutable position and the number of substituents may be from1 to 4, if the number of substituents is two or more, each substituentmay be same or different.

The “heterocyclic ring” in the “heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, a “3- to15-membered mono-cyclic, bi-cyclic or tri-cyclic heterocyclic ringhaving 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above,and the like. The “substituent” in the “heterocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” is not particularly limited, so long as it is asubstituent. The “substituent” in the “heterocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes the same example ofsuch as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above. And thesesubstituent(s) may exist on the substitutable position and the number ofsubstituents may be from 1 to 5, if the number of substituents is two ormore, each substituent may be same or different.

The “imino which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the“cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1includes, for example, non-substituted imino and imino substituted byC1-10 alkyl (such as methylimino, ethylimino, etc.), imino substitutedby C6-10 aromatic carbocyclic which may have a substituent(s) (such asphenylimino, p-fluorophenylimino, p-chlorophenylimino, etc.), iminosubstituted by hydroxy (such as hydroxyimino, etc.), imino substitutedby C1-6 alkoxy (such as methoxyimino, ethoxyimino, etc.), iminosubstituted by C6-10 aromatic carbocyclic which may have asubstituent(s) (such as phenoxyimino, p-fluorophenoxyimino,p-chlorophenoxyimino, etc.) and the like.

The “optionally protected hydroxy” as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, non-substituted hydroxy, hydroxy substituted by arbitrary“protecting group” and the like. Herein, the “protecting group” ofhydroxy as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, (i) alkylwhich may have a substituent(s) (which has the same meaning as the“alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the“cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1described above), (ii) carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)(which has the same meaning as the “carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above), (iii)heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) (which has the samemeaning as the “heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” asthe “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above), (iv) acyl (for example, C1-6alkanoyl, such as formyl, acetyl, propanoyl, pivaloyl, etc., C3-8cycloalkanoyl, such as cyclopentylcarbonyl, cyclohexylcarbonyl, etc.,C6-10 aromatic carbocyclic carbonyl, such as benzoyl, etc., heterocycliccarbonyl which may have a substituent(s), such asmorpholin-4-ylcarbonyl, piperidin-1-ylcarbonyl,1-methylpiperazin-4-ylcarbonyl etc., C6-10 aromatic carbocyclic alkanoylwhich may have a substituent(s), such as phenylmethylcarbonyl,2-phenylethylcarbonyl, etc.), (v) sulfonyl (such as alkylsulfonyl (forexample, C1-6 alkylsulfonyl, such as methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl,propylsulfonyl, butylsulfonyl, pentylsulfonyl, hexylsulfonyl,tert-butylsulfonyl, etc.), (vi) arylsulfonyl (for example, C6-10aromatic carbocyclic sulfonyl, such as phenylsulfonyl, naphthylsulfonyl,etc.) and the like.

The “optionally protected thiol” as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, non-substituted thiol, thiol substituted by arbitrary“protecting group” and the like. Herein, the “protecting group” of thiolas the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes the same example of the“protecting group” in the “optionally protected hydroxy” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above and the like.

The “optionally protected amino” as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, non-substituted amino, amino substituted by arbitrary one ortwo “protecting groups” and the like. Herein, the “protecting group” ofamino as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes the same example of the“protecting group” in the “optionally protected hydroxy” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above and the like.

The “optionally protected carbamoyl” as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, non-substituted carbamoyl, carbamoyl substituted by arbitraryone or two “protecting groups” and the like. Herein, the carbamoylprotecting group includes, for example, alkyl which may have asubstituent(s) (which has the same meaning as the “alkyl which may havea substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above), carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) (which has the same meaning as the“carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent”in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1described above), heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)(which has the same meaning as the “heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above) and the like.More concretely, the carbamoyl protecting group includes, for example,N-mono-C1-6 alkylcarbamoyl (such as N-methylcarbamoyl, N-ethylcarbamoyl,N-propylcarbamoyl, N-isopropylcarbamoyl, N-butylcarbamoyl,N-isobutylcarbamoyl, N-(tert-butyl)carbamoyl, N-pentylcarbamoyl,N-hexylcarbamoyl, and the like), N-mono-(C1-6alkyl substituted byhydroxy)carbamoyl (such as N-hydroxymethylcarbamoyl,N-(2-hydroxyethyl)carbamoyl, N-(3-hydroxypropyl)carbamoyl,N-(4-hydroxybutyl)carbamoyl, and the like), N-mono-(C1-6 alkylsubstituted by amino)carbamoyl (such as N-aminomethylcarbamoyl,N-(2-aminoethyl)carbamoyl, N-(3-aminopropyl)carbamoyl,N-(4-aminobutyl)carbamoyl, and the like), N-mono-(C1-6 alkyl substitutedby dimethylamino)carbamoyl (such as N-(dimethylamino)methylcarbamoyl,N-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)carbamoyl, N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbamoyl,N-(4-dimethylaminobutyl)carbamoyl, and the like), N-mono(carbocyclicwhich may have a substituent(s))carbamoyl (such asN-cyclopropylcarbamoyl, N-cyclopentylcarbamoyl, N-cyclohexylcarbamoyl,N-phenylcarbamoyl, and the like), N,N-di-C1-6 alkylcarbamoyl (such asN,N-dimethylcarbamoyl, N,N-diethylcarbamoyl, N,N-dipropylcarbamoyl,N,N-dibutylcarbamoyl, N,N-dipentylcarbamoyl, N,N-dihexylcarbamoyl,N-methyl-N-ethylcarbamoyl, and the like) and the like.

The “optionally protected sulfamoyl” as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, forexample, non-substituted sulfamoyl, sulfamoyl substituted by arbitraryone or two “protection group(s)” and the like. Herein, the “protectinggroup” of sulfamoyl as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 includes, for example, alkylwhich may have a substituent(s) (which has the same meaning as the“alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the“cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1described above) and the like. More concretely, the protecting group ofsulfamoyl include, for example, N-mono-C1-6 alkylsulfamoyl (such asN-methylsulfamoyl, N-ethylsulfamoyl, N-propylsulfamoyl,N-isopropylsulfamoyl, N-butylsulfamoyl, N-isobutylsulfamoyl,N-(tert-butyl)sulfamoyl, N-pentylsulfamoyl, N-hexylsulfamoyl, and thelike), N,N-di-C1-6 alkylsulfamoyl (such as N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl,N,N-diethylsulfamoyl, N,N-dipropylsulfamoyl, N,N-dibutylsulfamoyl,N,N-dipentylsulfamoyl, N,N-dihexylsulfamoyl, N-methyl-N-ethylsulfamoyl,and the like) and the like.

Cyc2 represents a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “cyclic ring” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc2 includes the same example of the “cyclic ring” inthe “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1.The “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc2 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

Moreover, Cyc2 also represents 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc2 includes the same example of the “5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to 7-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1.The “substituent” in the “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc2 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc2 includes the same example of the “5-to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1. The “substituent” in the “5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc2 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

Cyc3 represents a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “cyclic ring” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc3 includes the same example of the “cyclic ring” inthe “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1.The “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc3 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

Moreover, Cyc3 also represents 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclicring which may have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc3 includes, for example, a “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s),1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)”and the like. Herein, the “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclicring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc3 includes a “5-to 6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated one thereof”.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfuratom(s) as a hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated onethereof” represented by Cyc3 includes, for example, pyrrole, imidazole,triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine,pyridazine, furan, pyran, thiophene, thiopyran, oxazole, isoxazole,thiazole, isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole, oxazine, oxadiazine,thiadiazole, thiazine, thiadiazine, pyrroline, pyrrolidine, imidazoline,imidazolidine, triazoline, triazolidine, tetrazoline, tetrazolidine,pyrazoline, pyrazolidine, dihydropyridine, tetrahydropyridine,piperidine, dihydropyrazine, tetrahydropyrazine, piperazine,dihydropyrimidine, tetrahydropyrimidine, perhydropyrimidine,dihydropyridazine, tetrahydropyridazine, perhydropyridazine,dihydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran, dihydropyran, tetrahydropyran,dihydrothiophene, tetrahydrothiophene, dihydrothiopyran,tetrahydrothiopyran, dihydroxazole, tetrahydroxazole (oxazolidine),dihydroisoxazole, tetrahydroisoxazole (isoxazolidine), dihydrothiazole,tetrahydrothiazole (thiazolidine), dihydroisothiazole,tetrahydroisothiazole (isothiazolidine), dihydrofurazan,tetrahydrofurazan, dihydroxadiazole, tetrahydroxadiazole(oxadiazolidine), dihydroxazine, tetrahydroxazine, dihydroxadiazine,tetrahydroxadiazine, dihydrothiadiazole, tetrahydrothiadiazole(thiadiazolidine), dihydrothiazine, tetrahydrothiazine,dihydrothiadiazine, tetrahydrothiadiazine, morpholine, thiomorpholineand the like. Among the “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturatedheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc3, a“5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic aromatic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc3 includes, for example, pyrrole,imidazole, triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, pyridine, pyrazine,pyrimidine, pyridazine, furan, thiophene, oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole,isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole, thiadiazole rings and the like.

The “substituent” in the “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc3 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Cyc4 represents a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “cyclic ring” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc4 includes the same example of the “cyclic ring” inthe “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1.The “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc4 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

Moreover, Cyc4 also represents 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s).

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4 includes, for example, a “5-to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” and the like.The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring”represented by Cyc4 includes a “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring, partially or completelysaturated carbocyclic ring”, a “spiro-bound bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring,and crosslinked bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” and the like.

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclicring, partially or completely saturated carbocyclic ring” represented byCyc4 includes, for example, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane,cyclooctane, cyclononane, cyclodecane, cyclopentene, cyclohexene,cycloheptene, cyclooctene, cyclopentadiene, cyclohexadiene,cycloheptadiene, cyclooctadiene, benzene, pentalene, perhydropentalene,azulene, perhydroazulene, indene, perhydroindene, indane, naphthalene,dihydronaphthalene, tetrahydronaphthalene, perhydronaphthalene rings andthe like. The “spiro-bound bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented byCyc4 includes, for example, spiro[4.4]nonane, spiro[4.5]decane rings andthe like. The “crosslinked bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented byCyc4 includes, for example, bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane,bicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2-ene, bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane,bicyclo[3.1.1]hepta-2-ene, bicyclo[3.2.1]octane, bicyclo[2.2.2]octane,bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2-ene, adamantane, noradamantane rings and the like.Among the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic unsaturatedcarbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc4, a “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclicor bi-cyclic aromatic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc4 includes,for example, benzene, azulene, naphthalene rings and the like. The“substituent” in the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4includes the same example of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 describedabove.

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” inthe “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4 includes, for example, a“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring having 1to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfuratom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” and the like. Herein, the “5- to10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc4 includes a “5- to 10-memberedmono-cyclic or bi-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated one thereof”, a“spiro-bound bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring and crosslinked bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring”.

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclicring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturatedone thereof” represented by Cyc4 includes, for example, pyrrole,imidazole, triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, pyridine, pyrazine,pyrimidine, pyridazine, azepine, diazepine, furan, pyran, oxepine,thiophene, thiopyran, thiepine, oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole,isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole, oxazine, oxadiazine, oxazepine,oxadiazepine, thiadiazole, thiazine, thiadiazine, thiazepine,thiadiazepine, indole, isoindole, indolizine, benzofuran, isobenzofuran,benzothiophene, isobenzothiophene, dithianaphthalene, indazole,quinoline, isoquinoline, quinolizine, purine, phthalazine, pteridine,naphthyridine, quinoxaline, quinazoline, cinnoline, benzoxazole,benzothiazole, benzimidazole, chromene, benzofurazan, benzothiadiazole,benzotriazole, isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine, pyrroline, pyrrolidine,imidazoline, imidazolidine, triazoline, triazolidine, tetrazoline,tetrazolidine, pyrazoline, pyrazolidine, dihydropyridine,tetrahydropyridine, piperidine, dihydropyrazine, tetrahydropyrazine,piperazine, dihydropyrimidine, tetrahydropyrimidine, perhydropyrimidine,dihydropyridazine, tetrahydropyridazine, perhydropyridazine,dihydroazepine, tetrahydroazepine, perhydroazepine, dihydrodiazepine,tetrahydrodiazepine, perhydrodiazepine, dihydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran,dihydropyran, tetrahydropyran, dihydroxepine, tetrahydroxepine,perhydroxepine, dihydrothiophene, tetrahydrothiophene, dihydrothiopyran,tetrahydrothiopyran, dihydrothiepin, tetrahydrothiepin, perhydrothiepin,dihydroxazole, tetrahydroxazole (oxazolidine), dihydroisoxazole,tetrahydroisoxazole (isoxazolidine), dihydrothiazole, tetrahydrothiazole(thiazolidine), dihydroisothiazole, tetrahydroisothiazole(isothiazolidine), dihydrofurazan, tetrahydrofurazan, dihydroxadiazole,tetrahydroxadiazole (oxadiazolidine), dihydroxazine, tetrahydroxazine,dihydroxadiazine, tetrahydroxadiazine, dihydroxazepine,tetrahydroxazepine, perhydroxazepine, dihydroxadiazepine,tetrahydroxadiazepine, perhydroxadiazepine, dihydrothiadiazole,tetrahydrothiadiazole (thiadiazolidine), dihydrothiazine,tetrahydrothiazine, dihydrothiadiazine, tetrahydrothiadiazine,dihydrothiazepine, tetrahydrothiazepine, perhydrothiazepine,dihydrothiadiazepine, tetrahydrothiadiazepine, perhydrothiadiazepine,morpholine, thiomorpholine, oxathiane, indoline, isoindoline,dihydrobenzofuran, perhydrobenzofuran, dihydroisobenzofuran,perhydroisobenzofuran, dihydrobenzothiophene, perhydrobenzothiophene,dihydroisobenzothiophene, perhydroisobenzothiophene, dihydroindazole,perhydroindazole, dihydroquinoline, tetrahydroquinoline,perhydroquinoline, dihydroisoquinoline, tetrahydroisoquinoline,perhydroisoquinoline, dihydrophthalazine, tetrahydrophthalazine,perhydrophthalazine, dihydronaphthyridine, tetrahydronaphthyridine,perhydronaphthyridine, dihydroquinoxaline, tetrahydroquinoxaline,perhydroquinoxaline, dihydroquinazoline, tetrahydroquinazoline,perhydroquinazoline, dihydrocinnoline, tetrahydrocinnoline,perhydrocinnoline, benzoxathiane, dihydrobenzoxazine,dihydrobenzothiazine, pyrazinomorpholine, dihydrobenzoxazole,perhydrobenzoxazole, dihydrobenzothiazole, perhydrobenzothiazole,dihydrobenzimidazole, perhydrobenzimidazole, dioxolane, dioxane,dithiolane, dithiane, dioxaindane, benzodioxane, chroman,benzodithiolane, benzodithiane, 6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyrazine,5H-cyclopenta[b]pyrazine, imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole rings and thelike. The “spiro-bound bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” represented by Cyc4includes, for example, azaspiro[4.4]nonane, oxazaspiro[4.4]nonane,dioxaspiro[4.4]nonane, azaspiro[4.5]decane, thiaspiro[4.5]decane,dithiaspiro[4.5]decane, dioxaspiro[4.5]decane, oxazaspiro[4.5]decanerings and the like. The “crosslinked bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring”represented by Cyc4 includes, for example, azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane,oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane,azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane,azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane rings and the like.Among the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic unsaturatedheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc4, a“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic aromatic heterocyclic ringhaving 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc4 includes, forexample, pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, pyridine,pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, furan, thiophene, oxazole, isoxazole,thiazole, isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole, thiadiazole, indole,isoindole, benzofuran, isobenzofuran, benzothiophene, isobenzothiophene,indazole, quinoline, isoquinoline, purine, phthalazine, pteridine,naphthyridine, quinoxaline, quinazoline, cinnoline, benzoxazole,benzothiazole, benzimidazole, benzofurazan, benzothiadiazole,benzotriazole, isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine rings and the like.

The “substituent” in the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4includes the same example of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 describedabove.

Cyc1¹ represents 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1¹ includes, for example, a “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” and the like. The “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1¹ includes a “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring, partially orcompletely saturated carbocyclic ring” and the like.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring,partially or completely saturated carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1¹includes, for example, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cyclopentene,cyclohexene, cyclopentadiene, cyclohexadiene, benzene and the like.Among the “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring”represented by Cyc1¹, a “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic aromaticcarbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc1¹ includes, for example, benzene.

The “substituent” in the “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1¹ includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1¹ includes the same example of the“5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc3. The “substituent” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1¹ includes the same example of suchas the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Cyc1³ represents

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to isoxazolyl carbon.

Cyc2¹ represents 5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s).

The “5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc2¹ includes, for example, a “5-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” and the like. Herein,the “5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogenatom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a heteroatom(s)” represented by Cyc2¹ includes a “5-membered mono-cyclicunsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s), orpartially or completely saturated one thereof”.

The “5-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated one thereof”represented by Cyc2¹ includes, for example, pyrrole, imidazole,triazole, pyrazole, furan, thiophene, oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole,isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole, thiadiazole, pyrroline, pyrrolidine,imidazoline, imidazolidine, triazoline, triazolidine, pyrazoline,pyrazolidine, dihydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran, dihydrothiophene,tetrahydrothiophene, dihydroxazole, tetrahydroxazole (oxazolidine),dihydroisoxazole, tetrahydroisoxazole (isoxazolidine), dihydrothiazole,tetrahydrothiazole (thiazolidine), dihydroisothiazole,tetrahydroisothiazole (isothiazolidine), dihydrofurazan,tetrahydrofurazan, dihydroxadiazole, tetrahydroxadiazole(oxadiazolidine), dihydrothiadiazole, tetrahydrothiadiazole(thiadiazolidine), and the like. Among the “5-membered mono-cyclicunsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)”represented by Cyc2¹, a “5-membered mono-cyclic aromatic heterocyclicring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc2¹ includes, forexample, pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, pyrazole, furan, thiophene,oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole, isothiazole, furazan, oxadiazole,thiadiazole, and the like.

The “substituent” in the “5-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc2¹ includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Cyc4¹ represents 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4¹ includes the same example ofthe “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4. The “substituent” in the “5-to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4¹ includes the same example of suchas the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” inthe “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4¹ includes the sameexample of the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclicring” in the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4. The“substituent” in the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4¹includes the same example of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 describedabove.

Cyc4² represents

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to carbonyl carbon.

X represents —CR³R⁴—, —CO— or —SO₂—.

X¹ represents —CH₂—, —CO— or —SO₂—.

R¹ represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹ includes, for example, a straight or branched C1-4alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl,sec-butyl, tert-butyl, and the like.

The “substituent” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹ includes the same example of such as the “substituent”in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” inthe “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1described above.

R² represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R² includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the “C1-4alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R² includes thesame example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

R³ represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R³ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the “C1-4alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R³ includes thesame example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

R⁴ represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R⁴ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the “C1-4alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R⁴ includes thesame example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

R⁵ represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R⁵ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the “C1-4alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R⁵ includes thesame example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Z represents —N(R⁵)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵)—, —N(R⁵)—, bond or —O—.

The “C1-4 alkylene” in the “C1-4 alkylene which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by the term “R⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4may be taken together to form” as herein defined includes, for example,methylene, ethylene, propylene, buthylene, and the like. The“substituent” in the “C1-4 alkylene which may have a substituent(s)”represented by the term “R⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4 may be takentogether to form” as herein defined includes the same example of such asthe “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “C2-4 alkenylene” in the “C2-4 alkenylene which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by the term “R⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4may be taken together to form” as herein defined includes, for example,vinylene, propenylene, butenylene, and the like. The “substituent” inthe “C2-4 alkenylene which may have a substituent(s)” represented by theterm “R⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4 may be taken together to form” asherein defined includes the same example of such as the “substituent” inthe “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the“cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1described above.

R⁵¹ represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R⁵¹ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the“C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R⁵¹ includesthe same example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Z¹ represents —N(R⁵¹)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵¹)—, —N(R⁵¹)—, bond or —O—.

The “C1-4 alkylene” in the “C1-4 alkylene which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by the term “R⁵¹ and the substituent ofCyc4¹ may be taken together to form” as herein defined includes the sameexample of the “C1-4 alkylene” in the “C1-4 alkylene which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by the term “R⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4may be taken together to form” as herein defined. The “substituent” inthe “C1-4 alkylene which may have a substituent(s)” represented by theterm “R⁵¹ and the substituent of Cyc4¹ may be taken together to form” asherein defined includes the same example of such as the “substituent” inthe “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the“cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1described above.

The “C2-4 alkenylene” in the “C2-4 alkenylene which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by the term “R⁵¹ and the substituent ofCyc4¹ may be taken together to form” as herein defined includes the sameexample of the “C2-4 alkenylene” in the “C2-4 alkenylene which may havea substituent(s)” represented by the term “R⁵ and the substituent ofCyc4 may be taken together to form” as herein defined. The “substituent”in the “C2-4 alkenylene which may have a substituent(s)” represented bythe term “R⁵¹ and the substituent of Cyc4¹ may be taken together toform” as herein defined includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

R¹⁰ represents hydrogen or a substituent.

The “substituent” represented by R¹⁰ includes the same example of suchas the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

R¹¹⁰ represents a substituent.

The “substituent” represented by R¹¹⁰ includes the same example of suchas the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

p represents an integer of 0 to 8; when p is an integer of 2 to 8, theneach R¹¹⁰ may be same or different.

R⁶ represents hydrogen, acetyl, tert-butoxycarbonyl, methylsulfonyl orphenylsulfonyl.

R⁷ represents hydrogen, chlorine, phenyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy,phenoxy, cyano or N-acetylamino.

R⁸ represents hydrogen, N,N-dimethylamino or N-morpholinyl.

R⁹ represents hydrogen, methyl or phenyl.

Cyc8 represents (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s), 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc8 includes the same example of the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to 6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1¹.The “substituent” in the “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc8 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc8 includes the same example of the “5-to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1¹. The “substituent” in the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc8 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “8- to10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc8 includes, for example, a “8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring”, and the like. The “8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc8 includes a “8- to10-membered bi-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring, partially orcompletely saturated carbocyclic ring”, and the like.

The “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring, partiallyor completely saturated carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc8 includes,for example, perhydropentalene, perhydroazulene, indene, perhydroindene,indane, dihydronaphthalene, tetrahydronaphthalene, perhydronaphthalenerings and the like. Among the “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic unsaturatedcarbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc8, a “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicaromatic carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc8 includes, for example,pentalene, azulene, naphthalene rings and the like.

The “substituent” in the “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc8 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “8- to10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc8 includes, for example, a “8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)”, andthe like. Herein, the “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ringhaving 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc8 includes a “8-to 10-membered bi-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated one thereof”.

The “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfuratom(s) as a hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated onethereof” represented by Cyc8 includes, for example, indole, isoindole,indolizine, benzofuran, isobenzofuran, benzothiophene,isobenzothiophene, dithianaphthalene, indazole, quinoline, isoquinoline,quinolizine, purine, phthalazine, pteridine, naphthyridine, quinoxaline,quinazoline, cinnoline, benzoxazole, benzothiazole, benzimidazole,chromene, benzofurazan, benzothiadiazole, benzotriazole,isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine, indoline, isoindoline, dihydrobenzofuran,perhydrobenzofuran, dihydroisobenzofuran, perhydroisobenzofuran,dihydrobenzothiophene, perhydrobenzothiophene, dihydroisobenzothiophene,perhydroisobenzothiophene, dihydroindazole, perhydroindazole,dihydroquinoline, tetrahydroquinoline, perhydroquinoline,dihydroisoquinoline, tetrahydroisoquinoline, perhydroisoquinoline,dihydrophthalazine, tetrahydrophthalazine, perhydrophthalazine,dihydronaphthyridine, tetrahydronaphthyridine, perhydronaphthyridine,dihydroquinoxaline, tetrahydroquinoxaline, perhydroquinoxaline,dihydroquinazoline, tetrahydroquinazoline, perhydroquinazoline,dihydrocinnoline, tetrahydrocinnoline, perhydrocinnoline, benzoxathiane,dihydrobenzoxazine, dihydrobenzothiazine, pyrazinomorpholine,dihydrobenzoxazole, perhydrobenzoxazole, dihydrobenzothiazole,perhydrobenzothiazole, dihydrobenzimidazole, perhydrobenzimidazole,benzodioxepane, dihydrobenzoxazepine, tetrahydrobenzoxazepine,dioxaindane, benzodioxane, chroman, benzodithiolane, benzodithiane,6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyrazine, 5H-cyclopenta[b]pyrazine,imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole rings and the like. Among the “8- to10-membered bi-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc8, a “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicaromatic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygenatom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented byCyc8 includes, for example, indole, isoindole, benzofuran,isobenzofuran, benzothiophene, isobenzothiophene, indazole, quinoline,isoquinoline, purine, phthalazine, pteridine, naphthyridine,quinoxaline, quinazoline, cinnoline, benzoxazole, benzothiazole,benzimidazole, benzofurazan, benzothiadiazole, benzotriazole,isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine rings and the like.

The “substituent” in the “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc8 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Moreover, Cyc8 also represents 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclicring which have at least two substituents or 6-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which have at least two substituents.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents” represented by Cyc8 includes the same example of the “5-to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1¹. The “substituent” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents” represented by Cyc8 includes the same example of such asthe “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have at least two substituents”represented by Cyc8 includes, for example, a “6-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s)and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” and the like. Herein,the “6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogenatom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a heteroatom(s)” represented by Cyc8 includes a “6-membered mono-cyclicunsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s), orpartially or completely saturated one thereof”.

The “6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) asa hetero atom(s), or partially or completely saturated one thereof”represented by Cyc8 includes, for example, pyridine, pyrazine,pyrimidine, pyridazine, pyran, thiopyran, oxazine, oxadiazine, thiazine,thiadiazine, dihydropyridine, tetrahydropyridine, piperidine,dihydropyrazine, tetrahydropyrazine, dihydropyrimidine,tetrahydropyrimidine, perhydropyrimidine, dihydropyridazine,tetrahydropyridazine, perhydropyridazine, dihydropyran, tetrahydropyran,dihydroxazine, tetrahydroxazine, dihydroxadiazine, tetrahydroxadiazine,dihydrothiazine, tetrahydrothiazine, dihydrothiadiazine,tetrahydrothiadiazine, morpholine, thiomorpholine rings and the like.Among the “6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1 or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfuratom(s) as a hetero atom(s)” represented by Cyc8, a “6-memberedmono-cyclic aromatic heterocyclic ring having 1 to 4 nitrogen atom(s), 1or 2 oxygen atom(s) and/or 1 or 2 sulfur atom(s) as a hetero atom(s)”represented by Cyc8 includes, for example, pyridine, pyrazine,pyrimidine, pyridazine rings and the like.

The “substituent” in the “6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichhave two substituents” represented by Cyc8 includes the same example ofsuch as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Cyc9 represents (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s);

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to 6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1¹.The “substituent” in the “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc9 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of the “5-to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1¹. The “substituent” in the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “8- to10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of the “8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “8- to 10-membered bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc8.The “substituent” in the “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc9 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “8- to10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of the “8- to 10-memberedbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc8.The “substituent” in the “8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc9 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Moreover, Cyc9 also represents 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclicring which have at least two substituents or 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have at least two substituents.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents” represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of the “5-to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1¹. The “substituent” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents” represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of such asthe “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents” represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of the “5-to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1¹. The “substituent” in the “5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have at least two substituents”represented by Cyc9 includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

Cyc10 represents 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc10 includes pyrrolidine, pyrroline,piperidine, tetrahydropyridine rings and the like. The “substituent” inthe “5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc10 includes the same example of suchas the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

Cyc11 represents 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s) or 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s).

The “6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the “6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc11 includes, for example, a “6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring” and the like. The “6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclicring” represented by Cyc11 includes, for example, a “6-memberedmono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring, partially or completelysaturated carbocyclic ring” and the like.

The “6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring, partially orcompletely saturated carbocyclic ring” represented by Cyc11 includes,for example, cyclohexane, cyclohexene, cyclohexadiene, benzene. Amongthe “6-membered mono-cyclic unsaturated carbocyclic ring” represented byCyc11, a “6-membered mono-cyclic aromatic carbocyclic ring” representedby Cyc11 includes, for example, benzene.

The “substituent” in the “6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc11 includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring” in the “6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc11 includes the same example of the “6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have at least two substituents”represented by Cyc8. The “substituent” in the “6-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc11includes the same example of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 describedabove.

Cyc12 represents 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic orbi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s).

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc12 includes the same example ofthe “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring” in the“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4¹. The “substituent” in the“5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc12 includes the same example ofsuch as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring” inthe “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc12 includes the sameexample of the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclicring” in the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc4¹. The“substituent” in the “5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc12includes the same example of such as the “substituent” in the “cyclicring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 describedabove.

E represents —O— or —N(R⁵⁴)—.

R⁵² represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R⁵² includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the“C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R⁵² includesthe same example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

R⁵³ represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R⁵³ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the“C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R⁵³includes, for example, the same example of such as the “substituent” inthe “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the“cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1described above.

R⁵⁴ represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R⁵⁴ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the“C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R⁵⁴ includesthe same example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

W¹ represents CH or N;

when W¹ represents CH, then the hydrogen of CH is optionally substitutedwith R¹¹.

W² represents CH or N;

when W² represents CH, then the hydrogen of CH is optionally substitutedwith R¹¹.

W³ represents CH or N.

when W³ represents CH, then the hydrogen of CH is optionally substitutedwith R¹².

W⁴ represents CH or N.

when W⁴ represents CH, then the hydrogen of CH is optionally substitutedwith R¹².

W⁵ represents CH or N.

when W⁵ represents CH, then the hydrogen of CH is optionally substitutedwith R¹⁴, R¹⁵ or R¹⁶.

R¹¹ represents halogen, OH, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s),C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyano or amino.

The “halogen” represented by R¹¹ includes, for example, fluorine,chlorine, bromine and iodine, and the like.

The “C1-4 alkoxy” in the “C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹¹ includes, for example, a straight or branched C1-4alkoxy such as methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, isobutoxy,sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy, and the like. The “substituent” in the “C1-4alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹¹ includes thesame example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹ the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the “C1-4 alkylwhich may have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹¹ includes the sameexample of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which may have asubstituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may havea substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

n represents an integer of 2 to 4. R¹² represents halogen, OH, C1-4alkoxy which may have a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano or amino.

The “halogen” represented by R¹² includes the same example of the“halogen” represented by R¹¹.

The “C1-4 alkoxy” in the “C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹² includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkoxy” in the“C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹¹. The“substituent” in the “C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹² includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹² includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the“C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹² includesthe same example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

m represents an integer of 0 to 4;

when m is an integer of 2 to 4, then each R¹² may be same or different.

R¹³ is C1-4 alkyl which may have a substitutent(s).

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹³ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the“C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹³ includesthe same example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above.

R¹⁴ represents cyano or amino.

R¹⁵ represents halogen, cyano or amino.

The “halogen” represented by R¹⁵ includes the same example of the“halogen” represented by R¹¹.

R¹⁶ represents halogen, OH, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s),C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyano or amino.

The “halogen” represented by R¹⁶ includes the same example of the“halogen” represented by R¹¹.

The “C1-4 alkoxy” in the “C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹⁶ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkoxy” in the“C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹¹. The“substituent” in the “C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹⁶ includes the same example of such as the“substituent” in the “alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” as the“substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc1 described above.

The “C1-4 alkyl” in the “C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)”represented by R¹⁶ includes the same example of the “C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹. The “substituent” in the“C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s)” represented by R¹⁶ includesthe same example of such as the “substituent” in the “alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s)” as the “substituent” in the “cyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s)” represented by Cyc1 described above. Aprodrug of the compound of the formula (I) means a compound which isconverted to the compound represented by the formula (I) by the reactionwith an enzyme, a gastric acid, or the like, in the living body.Examples of the prodrug for the compound represented by the formula (I)include a compound wherein the amino group of the compound representedby the formula (I) is acylated, alkylated, phosphorylated, or the like(for example, a compound wherein the amino group of the compoundrepresented by the formula (I) is eicosanoylated, alanylated,pentylaminocarbonylated,(5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-yl)methoxycarbonylated,tetrahydrofuranylated, pyrrolidylmethylated, pivaloyloxymethylated,acetoxymethylated, tert-butylated, etc.); a compound wherein the hydroxygroup of the compound represented by the formula (I) is acylated,alkylated, phosphorylated, borated, or the like (for example, a compoundwherein the hydroxy group of the compound represented by the formula (I)is modified by acetylation, palmitoylation, propanoylation,pivaloylation, succinylation, fumaration, alanylation,dimethylaminomethylcarbonylation, etc.); a compound wherein the carboxylof the compound represented by the formula (I) is modified byesterification, amidation, or the like (for example, a compound whereinthe carboxyl of the compound represented by the formula (I) isesterified or amidated with ethyl ester, phenyl ester, carboxymethylester, dimethylaminomethyl ester, pivaloyloxymethyl ester,1-((ethoxycarbonyl)oxy)ethyl ester, phthalidyl ester,(5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-yl)methyl ester,1-((cyclohexyloxy)carbonyl)oxy)ethyl ester, methyl amide, etc.), and thelike. These compounds may be prepared by known method. In addition, theprodrug for the compound represented by the formula (I) may take ahydrate form or a non-hydrate form. In addition, the prodrug of thecompound represented by the formula (I) may be a compound which isconverted into the compound represented by the formula (I) under thephysiological conditions as described in Pharmaceutical Research andDevelopment, Vol. 7 “Molecular Design”, pages 163-198 published in 1990by Hirokawa Publishing Co. In addition, a compound (1) may be labeledwith an isotope (for example, ³H, ¹⁴C, ³⁵S, ¹²⁵I, etc.) and the like.

In the present invention, each group represented by Cyc1, Cyc2, Cyc3,Cyc4, Cyc1¹, Cyc2¹, Cyc4¹, X, X¹, R¹, R², R³, R⁴, R⁵, Z, R⁵¹, Z¹, R¹⁰,R¹¹⁰, p, Cyc8, Cyc9, Cyc10, Cyc11, Cyc12, E, R⁵², R⁵³, R⁵⁴, W¹, W², W³,W⁴, W⁵, R¹¹, n, R¹², m, R¹³, R¹⁴, R¹⁵, and R¹⁶ is all preferred. Inparticular, the compounds described in Examples are more preferred. Inthe following, preferred groups and preferred rings will be listed. Allsymbols used herein have the same meanings as described above.

In the present invention, Cyc1 is preferably, for example, 5- to7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s),5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and the like, and more preferably, pyrrolidinyl, phenyl,N-morpholinyl, pyridyl which may have a substituent(s), and the like,and especially preferably phenyl, pyridyl which may have asubstituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc2 is preferably, for example, 5- to7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s),5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and the like, and more preferably, 5-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), and thelike, and especially preferably isoxazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiazolyl,furanyl, thienyl, which may have a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc3 is preferably, for example, 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and the like, and more preferably, for example,piperidyl, piperazinyl which may have a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc4 is preferably, for example, 5- to10-membered mono- or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), 5- to 10-membered mono- or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s), and the like, and more preferably, 5-to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s), 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s), 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc1¹ is preferably 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and more preferably, for example, pyrrolidinyl, phenyl,N-morpholinyl, pyridyl which may have a substituent(s), and the like,and especially preferably, for example, phenyl, pyridyl which may have asubstituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc2¹ is preferably 5-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), and more preferably,isoxazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiazolyl, thienyl, which may have asubstituent(s), and the like, and especially preferably, isoxazolyl,thiazolyl which may have a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention,

is preferably, for example,

and the like, and more preferably, for example,

and the like, and especially preferably, for example,

and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc4¹ is preferably 5- to 10-membered mono- orbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to10-membered mono- or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and more preferably, 5- to 6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), 8- to10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s),8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and the like, and especially preferably phenyl, pyridyl,pyrimidinyl, indazolyl, which may have a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, X is preferably, for example, —CH₂—, —CO—,—SO₂—, and the like, and more preferably, for example, —CH₂—, —SO₂—, andthe like, and especially preferably —CH₂—, and the like.

In the present invention, X¹ is preferably —CH₂—, —CO—, or —SO₂—, andmore preferably, for example, —CH₂—, —SO₂—, and the like, and especiallypreferably —CH₂—, and the like.

In the present invention, R¹ is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, R² is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, R³ is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, R⁴ is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, R⁵ is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, Z is preferably —N(R⁵)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵)—,—N(R⁵)—, bond, or —O—, and more preferably, for example, —NH—CO—,—CO—NH—, —NH—, bond, —O—, and the like, and especially preferably—NH—CO—, —CO—NH—, —NH—, bond and the like.

In the present invention, C1-4 alkylene which may have a substituent(s)or C2-4 alkenylene which may have a substituent(s) represented by theterm “R⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4 may be taken together to form” asherein defined is preferably, for example, methylene, ethylene,propylene which may have a substituent(s), vinylene, propenylene whichmay have a substituent(s), and the like, and more preferably, forexample, ethylene which may have a substituent(s), vinylene which mayhave a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, R⁵¹ is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, Z¹ is preferably —N(R⁵¹)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵¹)—,—N(R⁵¹)—, bond or —O—, and more preferably, for example, —NH—CO—,—CO—NH—, —NH—, bond, —O—, and the like, and especially preferably—NH—CO—, —CO—NH—, —NH—, bond, and the like.

In the present invention, C1-4 alkylene which may have a substituent(s),C2-4 alkenylene which may have a substituent(s) represented by the term“R⁵¹ and the substituent of Cyc4¹ may be taken together to form” asherein defined is preferably, for example, methylene, ethylene,propylene which may have a substituent(s), vinylene, propenylene whichmay have a substituent(s) and the like, and more preferably, forexample, ethylene which may have a substituent(s), vinylene which mayhave a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, R¹⁰ is preferably hydrogen or substituent, andmore preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, hydroxy, phenyl,cyano, and the like, and especially preferably hydrogen, hydroxy, andthe like.

In the present invention, R¹¹⁰ is preferably substituent, and morepreferably, for example, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy,hydroxy, phenyl, cyano, amino and the like, and especially preferably,for example, hydroxy, and the like.

In the present invention, p is preferably an integer of 0 to 8, morepreferably, for example, an integer of 0 to 1, and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc8 is preferably 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s), and more preferably, for example, 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents, 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have atleast two substituents, 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s), 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), imidazolyl,triazolyl, pyrazolyl, furanyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl,furazanyl, oxadiazolyl, thiadiazolyl which may have a substituent(s),pyrrolyl, thienyl which have a substituent(s), and the like, andespecially preferably phenyl, pyridyl which have at least twosubstituents, and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc9 is preferably 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s), and more preferably, for example, 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents, 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which haveat least two substituents, 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s), 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), and the like, andespecially preferably phenyl, pyridyl which may have a substituent(s),and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc10 is preferably 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), and morepreferably, for example, piperidine, tetrahydropyridine, and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc11 is preferably 6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), and morepreferably, for example, 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, Cyc12 is preferably 5- to 10-membered mono- orbi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to10-membered mono- or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and more preferably, 5- to 6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s), 8- to10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s),8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s), and the like, and especially preferably indazolyl whichmay have a substituent(s), and the like.

In the present invention, E is preferably —O— or —N(R⁵⁴)—, and morepreferably, for example, —O—, —NH—, and the like, and especiallypreferably —NH—, and the like.

In the present invention, R⁵² is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, R⁵³ is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, R⁵⁴ is preferably, for example, hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, and the like, and more preferably, for example, hydrogen, methyl,and the like.

In the present invention, W¹ is preferably CH or N, more preferably, forexample, N.

In the present invention, W² is preferably CH or N, more preferably, forexample, CH.

In the present invention, W³ is preferably CH or N, more preferably, forexample, N.

In the present invention, W⁴ is preferably CH or N, more preferably, forexample, CH.

In the present invention, W⁵ is preferably CH or N, more preferably, forexample, N.

In the present invention, R¹¹ is preferably halogen, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy which may have a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano or amino, and more preferably, for example,chlorine, hydroxy, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy which may have asubstituent(s), methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano, amino, and the like, and especially preferablychlorine, ethoxy which may have a substituent(s), ethyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano, amino, and the like.

In the present invention, n is preferably an integer of 2 to 4, morepreferably, for example, an integer of 2 to 3, and the like.

In the present invention, R¹² is preferably halogen, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy which may have a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano or amino, and more preferably, for example,chlorine, hydroxy, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy which may have asubstituent(s), methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano, amino, and the like, and especially preferablychlorine, ethoxy which may have a substituent(s), ethyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano, amino, and the like.

In the present invention, m is preferably an integer of 0 to 4, morepreferably, for example, an integer of 2 to 3, and the like.

In the present invention, R¹³ is preferably, for example, C1-4 alkylwhich may have a substituent(s), and the like, and more preferably, forexample, methyl, ethyl, which may have a substituent(s), and the like,and especially preferably methyl which may have a substituent(s), andthe like.

In the present invention, R¹⁴ is preferably cyano or amino, and morepreferably, for example, amino.

In the present invention, R¹⁵ is preferably halogen, cyano or amino, andmore preferably, for example, chloro or cyano, and the like, andespecially preferably cyano.

In the present invention, R¹⁶ is preferably halogen, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy which may have a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano or amino, and more preferably, for example,chlorine, hydroxy, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy which may have asubstituent(s), methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano, amino, and the like, and especially preferablymethoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, and the like.

In the present invention, the compound represented by the formula (I)including the combination of the above-described preferable group andring is preferred. For example, a compound represented by formula (I-P):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, ispreferred.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-P) is,for example, a compound represented by formula (I-P-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-1-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-1-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-4-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-4-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-4-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-2-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-2-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-5-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-5-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-5-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-P-3):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and acompound represented by formula (I-P-3-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and acompound represented by formula (I-P-3-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and acompound represented by formula (I-P-3-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

And the compound represented by the formula (I) is also preferably, forexample, a compound represented by the formula (I-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-1) is,for example, a compound represented by formula (I-1-A):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above.

The compound represented by formula (I-1-A) is preferably, for example,a compound represented by formula (I-1-B):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-B-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-C):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-C-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-1-A)is, for example, a compound represented by formula (I-1-A-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-1-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-1-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-1-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above; andwherein the compound of the formula (I-1-A-2) is not a compound offormula (I-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above; andwherein the compound of the formula (I-1-A-2-1) is not a compound offormula (I-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-2-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above; andwherein the compound of the formula (I-1-A-2-1-1) is not a compound offormula (I-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-2-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-2-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-3):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-3-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-3-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-3-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-A-3-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-1) is,for example, a compound represented by formula (I-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above.

The compound represented by the formula (I-1-1) is preferably, forexample, a compound represented by the formula (I-1-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-1-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-1-3):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-1-3-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-1-3-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-1-4):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-1-4-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-1-4-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-1) is,for example, a compound represented by formula (I-1-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above.

The compound represented by the formula (I-1-2) is preferably, forexample, a compound represented by the formula (I-1-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-2-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-2-3):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-2-3-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-2-3-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-2-4):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-2-4-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and acompound represented by formula (I-1-2-4-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-1) is,for example, a compound represented by formula (I-1-3):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

The compound represented by the formula (I-1-3) is preferably, forexample, a compound represented by the formula (I-1-3-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-3-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-1) is,for example, a compound represented by formula (I-1-4):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

The compound represented by the formula (I-1-4) is preferably, forexample, a compound represented by the formula (I-1-4-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-4-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

Furthermore, the preferred compound represented by the formula (I-1) is,for example, a compound represented by formula (I-1-5):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

The compound represented by the formula (I-1-5) is preferably, forexample, a compound represented by the formula (I-1-5-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-5-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-5-1-1-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-5-1-2):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, acompound represented by formula (I-1-5-1-2-1):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and thelike.

In the present invention, the compound represented by the formula (I-1)is preferably, the compound represented by the formula (I-1-1), (I-1-2),(I-1-3), (I-1-4), (I-1-5), and the like, more preferably, for example,the compound represented by the formula (I-1-1), (I-1-5), and the like,and especially preferably, the compound represented by the formula(I-1-5).

In the present invention, the compound represented by the formula (I-1)including the combination of the above-described preferable group andring is preferred. The combination includes the same example of such asthe above-described, for example, the compound represented by theformulae (I-1-A), (I-1-B), (I-1-B-1), (I-1-C), (I-1-C-1), (I-1-A-1),(I-1-A-1-1), (I-1-A-1-1-1), (I-1-A-1-2), (I-1-A-1-2-1), (I-1-A-2),(I-1-A-2-1), (I-1-A-2-1-1), (I-1-A-2-2), (I-1-A-3), (I-1-A-3-1),(I-1-A-3-1-1), (I-1-A-3-2), (I-1-A-3-2-1), (I-1-1), (I-1-1-1),(I-1-1-2), (I-1-1-3), (I-1-1-3-1), (I-1-1-3-2), (I-1-1-4), (I-1-1-4-1),(I-1-1-4-2), (I-1-2), (I-1-2-1), (I-1-2-2), (I-1-2-3), (I-1-2-3-1),(I-1-2-3-2), (I-1-2-4), (I-1-2-4-1), (I-1-2-4-2), (I-1-3), (I-1-3-1),(I-1-3-2), (I-1-4), (I-1-4-1), (I-1-4-2), (I-1-5), (I-1-5-1),(I-1-5-1-1), (I-1-5-1-1-1), (I-1-5-1-2), (I-1-5-1-2-1) and the like.

In the present invention, examples of the preferable compound of theformula (I-1) include, for example,

-   5-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-furamide,-   4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-5-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide,-   4-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide,-   4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(5-phenyl-2-thienyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide,-   4-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide,-   4-chloro-N-[(1-{[2-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-thiazol-5-yl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide,-   4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-[(1-{[5-(2-pyridinyl)-2-thienyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]benzamide,-   4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(4-phenyl-2-furyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide,-   4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide,-   4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-[(1-{[5-(2-pyridinyl)-2-thienyl]sulfonyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]benzamide,-   5,6-dichloro-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1(2H)-isoquinolinone,-   3-phenyl-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine,-   N-[(1-{[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine,-   N-[(1-{[3-(3-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine,-   N-[(1-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine,-   3-phenyl-4-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methoxy)isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine,-   4-anilino-2-[({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)amino]-5-pyrimidinecarboxamide,-   methyl    6-bromo-1-oxo-4-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate,-   methyl    6-chloro-1-oxo-4-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate,-   4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide,-   (R)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-hydroxypropan-2-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide,-   4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide,-   4-amino-5-chloro-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide,-   4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide,-   4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide,-   3,4-dichloro-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide,-   4-chloro-3-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide,-   N-(4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-2-pyridinyl)-2-{1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}acetamide,-   N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-5-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-1H-indazol-3-amine,-   methyl    1-oxo-4-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate,-   4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide,-   4-Amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide,    and the like.

All isomers are included in the present invention, unless otherwisespecified. For example, alkyl, alkoxy and alkynylene includes straightor branched one. In addition, isomers on double bond, ring, fused ring(E-, Z-, cis-, trans-isomers), isomers generated due to asymmetriccarbon atom(s) (R-form, S-form, α-configuration, β-configuration,enantiomer, diastereomer), optically active isomers with opticalrotation (D-, L-, d-, 1-isomers), polar compounds generated bychromatographic separation (more polar compound, less polar compound),equilibrium compounds, mixtures thereof with arbitrary ratio and racemicmixtures are also included in the present invention. Further, isomersdue to the tautomerism are all included in the present invention.

Salts

In the present invention, the compound represented by the formula (I)may form a salt thereof, and may be N-oxide form thereof or quaternaryammonium salt thereof. Furthermore, these compounds may be a solvatethereof. The compounds of the present invention include allpharmacologically acceptable salts of the compound represented by theformula (I). As pharmacologically acceptable salts, water-soluble saltswith little toxicity are preferred. Suitable pharmacologicallyacceptable salts in the compound of the present invention include, forexample, salts of alkali metals (such as potassium, sodium, lithium, andthe like); salts of alkaline earth metals (such as calcium, magnesium,and the like); ammonium salts (such as tetramethylammonium salts,tetrabutylammonium salts, and the like); salts of organic amines (suchas triethylamine, methylamine, dimethylamine, cyclopentylamine,benzylamine, phenethylamine, piperidine, monoethanolamine,diethanolamine, tris(hydroxymethyl)methylamine, lysine, arginine,N-methyl-D-glucamine, and the like); and acid addition salts such assalts of inorganic acid (such as hydrochloride, hydrobromide,hydroiodide, sulfate, phosphate, nitrate, and the like), and salts oforganic acid (such as, acetate, trifluoroacetate, lactate, tartrate,oxalate, fumarate, maleate, benzoate, citrate, methansulfonate,ethansulfonate, benzenesulfonate, toluenesulfonate, isethionate,gulcuronate, gluconate and the like), and the like. The N-oxide form ofthe compound represented by the formula (I) means the compound whereinthe nitrogen atom was oxidized. The N-oxide form of the compoundrepresented by the formula (I) may additionally form a salt describedabove. The quaternary ammonium salt of the compound represented by theformula (I) means the compound wherein the nitrogen atom of the compoundrepresented by the formula (I) is quaternized by R⁰ (R⁰ representsalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl (which has the same meaning as described above)which each may have a substituent(s), and cyclic ring (which has thesame meaning as described above) which may have a substituent(s).) Thequaternary ammonium salt of the compound represented by the formula (I)may additionally form the salt described above and the N-oxide formdescribed above. The appropriate solvate of the compound represented bythe formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide form thereof, and aquaternary ammonium salt thereof, include water, alcohol solvate (suchas ethanol) and the like. The solvates are preferably nontoxic andwater-soluble. The compounds represented by the formula (I) can beconverted into the salt described above, the N-oxide form describedabove thereof, the solvates described above by conventional means.

The nomenclature and numbering of the compounds used in the presentinvention is performed using a computer program conducting designationgenerally according to IUPAC regulations, ACD/Name (registeredtrademark, version 5.08/17, Advanced Chemistry Development Inc.). Forexample, the compound:

is named as4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide.

Production Process of the Compound of the Present Invention

A compound represented by the formula (I) may be prepared by modifyingor combining known methods, for example, methods shown below, methodsdescribed in Examples, or methods described in Comprehensive OrganicTransformations: A Guide to Functional Group Preparations, 2^(nd)Edition (Richard C. Larock, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1999, or othermethods. Furthermore, the starting compound may be used in the form of asalt. An example of the salt used includes a salt of the compound of theformula (I) described above. The compound of the present invention canbe produced, for example, by the following processes.

a) The compound of the formula (I) wherein Cyc3 is heterocyclic ringcontaining nitrogen atom which may have a substituent(s), X ismethylene, Z is —N(R⁵)CO—, that is, the compound of the formula (I-A):

wherein Cyc3¹ is saturated heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen atomwhich may have a substituent(s), the “substituent” in the “saturatedheterocyclic ring containing nitrogen atom which may have asubstituent(s)” represented by Cyc3² have the same example of such asthe “substituent” in the “cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)”represented by Cyc3 and all other symbols have the same meanings asdescribed above, can be prepared by amidation reaction of a compoundrepresented by formula (I-B):

wherein Cyc1², Cyc2², Cyc3², R¹⁻¹, R²⁻¹ and R⁵⁻¹ have the same meaningsas Cyc1, Cyc2, Cyc3¹, R¹, R² and R⁵ respectively, with the proviso that,carboxyl, hydroxy, amino or thiol in Cyc1², Cyc2², Cyc3², R¹⁻¹, R²⁻¹ andR⁵⁻¹ may be protected, if necessary, and a compound represented byformula (I-C):

wherein Cyc4³ have the same meanings as Cyc4. With the proviso thatcarboxyl, hydroxy, amino or thiol in Cyc4³ may be protected, ifnecessary, followed by removal of the protecting group.

The amidation is known. For example, it includes the method

-   (1) via an acyl halide,-   (2) via a mixed acid anhydride,-   (3) using a condensing agent.

These methods are explained as follows.

(1) The method via an acyl halide may be carried out, for example, byreacting a carboxylic acid with an acyl halide (for example, oxalylchloride or thionyl chloride) in an organic solvent (for example,chloroform, dichloromethane, diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran) orwithout a solvent at about −20° C. to reflux temperature. And then, theobtained acyl halide derivative may be reacted with an amine in anorganic solvent (for example, chloroform, dichloromethane, diethyl etheror tetrahydrofuran) in the presence of a base (for example, pyridine,triethylamine, dimethylaniline, dimethylaminopyridine ordiisopropylethylamine etc.) at about 0 to 40° C. As an alternative, theobtained acyl halide derivative may be reacted with an amine in anorganic solvent (for example, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran) using analkaline aqueous solution (for example, sodium hydrogen carbonate,sodium hydroxide) at about −78 to 40° C.(2) The method via a mixed acid anhydride may be carried out, forexample, by reacting a carboxylic acid with an acyl halide (for example,pivaloyl chloride, p-toluenesulfonyl chloride or methanesulfonylchloride) or an acid derivative (for example, ethyl chloroformate orisobutyl chloroformate) in an organic solvent (for example, chloroform,dichloromethane, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran) or without a solvent,in the presence of a base (for example, pyridine, triethylamine,dimethylaniline, dimethylaminopyridine or diisopropylethylamine) atabout 0 to 40° C. And then the obtained mixed acid anhydride derivativemay be reacted with an amine in an organic solvent (for example,chloroform, methylene chloride, diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran), atabout 0 to 40° C.(3) The method using a condensing agent may be carried out, for example,by reacting a carboxylic acid with amine in an organic solvent (forexample, chloroform, dichloromethane, dimethylformamide, diethyl etheror tetrahydrofuran) or without a solvent, in the presence or absence ofa base (for example, pyridine, triethylamine, dimethylaniline ordimethylaminopyridine), using a condensing agent (for example,1,3-dicyclohexyl carbodiimide (DCC),1-ethyl-3-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]carbodiimide (EDC),1,1′-carbodiimidazole (CDI), 2-chloro-1-methylpyridinium iodide, or1-propanephosphonic acid cyclic anhydride (PPA)), in the presence orabsence of 1-hydroxybenzothiazole (HOBt), at about 0 to 40° C.

The reaction described in (1), (2) and (3) may be carried out under aninert gas (for example, argon, nitrogen) to avoid water in order toobtain a preferable result.

The removal of the protecting group is known and may be carried out byfollowing method.

The protecting group of carboxyl includes, for example, methyl, ethyl,allyl, tert-butyl, trichloroethyl, benzyl (Bn) or phenacyl etc.

The protecting group of hydroxy includes, for example, methyl, trityl,methoxymethyl (MOM), 1-ethoxyethyl (EE), methoxyethoxymethyl (MEM),2-tetrahydropyranyl (THP), trimethylsilyl (TMS), triethylsilyl (TES),tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS), tert-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS), acetyl(Ac), pivaloyl, benzoyl, benzyl (Bn), p-methoxybenzyl, allyloxycarbonyl(Alloc), and 2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl (Troc) etc.

The protecting group of amino includes such as benzyloxycarbonyl,tert-butoxycarbonyl, allyloxycarbonyl (Alloc),1-methyl-1-(4-biphenyl)ethoxycarbonyl (Bpoc), trifluoroacetyl,9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc), benzyl (Bn), p-methoxybenzyl,benzyloxymethyl (BOM) or 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl (SEM) etc.

The protective group of thiol includes, for example, benzyl,methoxybenzyl, methoxymethyl (MOM), 2-tetrahydropyranyl (THP),diphenylmethyl and acetyl (Ac) etc.

With regard to the protective group for carboxyl, hydroxy, amino andthiol, there is no particular limitation to the above ones so far as itis a group which is able to be easily and selectively detached. Forexample, a deprotection reaction may be carried out by a methodmentioned in “T. W. Greene, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, JohnWiley & Sons Inc, 1999”.

The reaction for removing the protective group for carboxyl, hydroxy,amino or thiol is known and its examples are as follows.

(1) a deprotection reaction by hydrolysis with an alkali;

(2) a deprotection reaction under an acidic condition;

(3) a deprotection reaction by hydrogenolysis;

(4) a deprotection reaction of silyl;

(5) a deprotection reaction using a metal; and

(6) a deprotection reaction using a metal complex.

Those methods will be specifically illustrated as follows.

(1) A deprotection reaction by hydrolysis with an alkali is carried out,for example, at about 0 to 40° C. using a hydroxide of alkaline metal(such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and lithium hydroxide), ahydroxide of alkaline earth metal (such as barium hydroxide and calciumhydroxide), a carbonate (such as sodium carbonate and potassiumcarbonate), an aqueous solution thereof or a mixture thereof in anorganic solvent (such as methanol, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane etc.).(2) A deprotection reaction under an acidic condition is carried out,for example, at about 0 to 100° C. in an organic acid (for example,acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, methanesulfonic acid orpara-toluenesulfonic acid), an inorganic acid (for example, hydrochloricacid and sulfuric acid) or a mixture thereof (such as hydrogenbromide/acetic acid) in an organic solvent (such as dichloromethane,chloroform, dioxane, ethyl acetate and anisole etc.).(3) A deprotection reaction by hydrogenolysis is carried out, forexample, at about 0 to 200° C. in a hydrogen atmosphere of ordinarypressure or high pressure or in the presence of ammonium formate in thepresence of a catalyst (such as palladium-carbon, palladium black,palladium hydroxide, platinum oxide and Raney nickel) in a solvent [suchas an ether type (such as tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, dimethoxyethane anddiethyl ether), an alcohol type (such as methanol and ethanol), abenzene type (such as benzene and toluene), a ketone type (such asacetone and methyl ethyl ketone), a nitrile type (such as acetonitrile),an amide type (such as dimethylformamide), water, ethyl acetate, aceticacid or a mixed solvent comprising two or more thereof].(4) A deprotection reaction of silyl is carried out, for example, atabout 0 to 40° C. using tetrabutylammonium fluoride in an organicsolvent miscible with water (such as tetrahydrofuran and acetonitrileetc.).(5) A deprotection reaction using a metal is carried out, for example,at about 0 to 40° C. with or without ultrasonic wave in the presence ofpowdery zinc in an acidic solvent (such as acetic acid, a buffer of pH4.2 to 7.2 and a mixed solution of a solution thereof with an organicsolvent such as tetrahydrofuran).(6) A deprotection reaction using a metal complex is carried out, forexample, at about 0 to 40° C. using a metal complex [such astetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium (0), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (II) dichloride, palladium (II) acetate andtris(triphenylphosphine) rhodium (I) chloride] in the presence orabsence of a phosphine agent (such as triphenyl phosphine) in thepresence of a trap reagent (such as tributyltin hydride, triethylsilane,dimedone, morpholine, diethylamine and pyrrolidine), an organic acid(such as acetic acid, formic acid and 2-ethylhexanoic acid) and/or anorganic acid salt (such as sodium 2-ethylhexanoate and potassium2-ethylhexanoate) in an organic solvent (such as dichloromethane,dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate, acetonitrile, dioxaneand ethanol), water or a mixed solvent thereof.

Apart from the above, the deprotection may also be effected, forexample, according to the methods described in T. W. Greene, ProtectiveGroups in Organic Synthesis, Wiley, New York, 1999.

As persons skilled in the art can easily understand that the aimedcompound of the present invention is able to be easily produced by usingappropriate ones among those deprotection reactions.

The compound of the formula (I-B) can be produced by the method asillustrated in the Reaction Scheme1, wherein P^(N) is a protective groupfor amino group, and all other symbols have the same meaning asdescribed above.

In the Reaction Scheme 1, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-F) to the compound of the formula (I-D) is a reductive aminationreaction.

The reductive amination is well known. For example, it may be carriedout with reducing agent (for example, sodium triacetoxyborohydride,tetramethylammonium triacetoxyborohydride or sodium cyanoborohydride) atabout 0 to 40° C. in an organic solvent (for example, acetonitriledichloroethane, dichloromethane or dimethylformamide) in the presence orabsence of tertiary amine (for example, triethylamine ordiisopropylethylamine), in the presence or absence of acetic acid.

In the Reaction Scheme 1, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-D) to the compound of the formula (I-B) is a deprotection reactionfor the protecting group of amino.

The protecting group of amino includes such as benzyloxycarbonyl,tert-butoxycarbonyl, allyloxycarbonyl (Alloc),1-methyl-1-(4-biphenyl)ethoxycarbonyl (Bpoc), trifluoroacetyl,9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc), benzyl (Bn), p-methoxybenzyl,benzyloxymethyl (BOM) or 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl (SEM) etc.

The deprotection reaction for the protecting group of amino can becarried out by the same methods as described above.

b) Among the compound of the formula (I), the compound of the formula(I-G):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, can beprepared by substituent-introduction reaction of the compoundrepresented by the formula (I-B):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and acompound represented by formula (I-H):

wherein hal is halogen and all other symbols have the same meaning asdescribed above, if necessary, followed by removal of the protectinggroup.

The substituent-introduction reaction is well known. For example, themethod is conducted into practice by reacting the compound of theformula (I-B) and the compound of the formula (I-H) in an organicsolvent (for example, benzene, toluene, dimethylformamide, dioxane,tetrahydrofuran, methanol, acetonitrile, dimethoxyethane, acetone, etc.)in the presence of base (for example, sodium ethylate, sodium hydroxide,potassium hydroxide, triethylamine, sodium carbonate, sodiumhydrogencarbonate, potassium carbonate, cesium carbonate, thalliumcarbonate, tripotassium phosphate, cesium fluoride, cesium hydroxide,tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride, sodium tert-butoxide, potassiumtert-butoxide etc.) or aqueous solutions thereof, or their mixtures, anda catalyst (tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (Pd(PPh₃)₄),bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium dichloride (PdCl₃(PPh)₂), palladiumacetate (Pd(OAc)₂), bis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladium, palladium black,1,1′-bis(diphenylphoshineferrocene)dichloropalladium (PdCl₃(dppf)₂),diallyl palladium dichloride (PdCl₂(allyl)₂),phenylbis(triphenylphosphine)palladium iodide (PhPdI(PPh₃)₂),tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (0), etc.) in the presence orabsence of (S)-2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl or4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene at a temperature ofroom temperature to about 120° C.

The compound represented by the formula (I-B) can be produced by thesame method as described above.

c) Among the compound of the formula (I-J):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, can beprepared by amidation reaction of the compound represented by formula(I-K):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and acompound of formula (I-L):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, ifnecessary, followed by removal of the protecting group.

The amidation reaction can be carried out by the same method asdescribed above for the amidation reaction.

The compound of the formula (I-K) can be produced by the methods asillustrated in the Reaction Scheme 2, wherein P^(M) is a protectinggroup of carboxyl, and all other symbols have the same meanings asdescribed above.

In the Reaction Scheme 2, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-N) to the compound of the formula (I-M) is a reductive aminationreaction.

The reductive amination reaction can be carried out by the same methodas described above for the reductive amination reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 2, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-M) to the compound of the formula (I-K) is a deprotection reactionfor the protecting group of carboxyl.

The deprotection reaction for the protecting group of carboxyl can becarried out by the same method as described above for the deprotectionreaction for the protecting group of carboxyl.

Protective group for the carboxyl group include, for example, methyl,ethyl, allyl, tert-butoxy, trichloroethyl, benzyl (Bn), phenacyl,methoxybenzyl, trityl or 2-chlorotrityl group, and the like.

d) The compound of the formula (I) wherein Cyc3 is heterocyclic ringcontaining nitrogen atom which may have a substituent(s), X ismethylene, R¹ and R² are each hydrogen, Z is —N(R⁵)CO—, R⁵ and thesubstituent of Cyc4 is taken together to form C1-4 alkylene which mayhave a substituent(s) or C2-4 alkenylene which may have asubstituent(s), that is, the compound of the formula (I-O):

wherein Cyc10¹ and Cyc11¹ have the same meanings as Cyc10¹ and Cyc11¹respectively, with the proviso that, carboxyl, hydroxy, amino or thiolin Cyc10¹ and Cyc11¹ may be protected, if necessary and all othersymbols have the same meaning as described above, can be produced by themethods as illustrated in the Reaction Scheme 3, wherein all symbolshave the same meaning as described above.

In the Reaction Scheme 3, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-Y) to the compound of the formula (I-P) is a reductive aminationreaction.

The reductive amination reaction can be carried out by the same methodas described above for the reductive amination reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 3, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-P) to the compound of the formula (I-Q) is a para-toluenesulfonylgroup-introduction reaction for the hydroxy group.

The para-toluenesulfonyl group-introduction reaction for the hydroxygroup is well known. For example, it may be carried out by reactingpara-toluenesulfonyl chloride in an organic solvent (for example,toluene, dichloromethane, benzene, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran) inthe presence of a base (for example, pyridine, triethylamine,dimethylaniline, dimethylaminopyridine or diisopropylethylamine) atabout 0 to 40° C.

In the Reaction Scheme 3, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-Q) to the compound of the formula (I-0) is a substituent-introductionreaction.

The substituent-introduction reaction can be carried out by the samemethod as described above for the substituent-introduction reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 3, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-R) to the compound of the formula (I-T) is a substituent-introductionreaction.

The substituent-introduction reaction can be carried out by the samemethod as described above for the substituent-introduction reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 3, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-T) to the compound of the formula (I-U) is a deprotection reactionfor the protecting group of amino.

The deprotection reaction for the protecting group of amino can becarried out by the same method as described above for the deprotectionreaction for the protecting group of amino.

In the Reaction Scheme 3, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-U) to the compound of the formula (I-O) is a reductive aminationreaction.

The reductive amination reaction can be carried out by the same methodas described above for the reductive amination reaction.

e) The compound of the formula (I) wherein Cyc3 is heterocyclic ringcontaining nitrogen atom which may have a substituent(s), X ismethylene, Z is —N(R⁵)C0-, R⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4 is takentogether to form vinylene which have a methoxycarbonyl and a phenyl,that is, the compound of the formula (I-Y):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, can beproduced by the methods as illustrated in the Reaction Scheme 4.

In the Reaction Scheme 4, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-W) to the compound of the formula (I-X) is a substituent-introductionreaction.

The compound represented by formula (I-Z) can be produced by the samemethod as the compound represented by the formula (I-B) described abovein the scheme 1.

The substituent-introduction reaction can be carried out by the samemethod as described above for the substituent-introduction reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 4, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-X) to the compound of the formula (I-Y) is a dehydration reaction.

The dehydration reaction is known and may be carried out by heating inthe presence of an organic acid (for example, acetic acid,trifluoroacetic acid, methanesulfonic acid, para-toluenesulfonic acid,etc.), an inorganic acid (for example, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid,etc.) or an organic base (for example, piperidine, pyridine,triethylamine, diisopropylethylamine,1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, etc.), an inorganic base (forexample, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassiumcarbonate, etc.) in the absence or presence of an organic solvent [forexample, a benzene solvent (for example, benzene, toluene, xylene,chrolobenzene, etc.), an ether solvent (for example, tetrahydrofuran,dioxane, etc.), an alcohol solvent (for example, methanol, ethanol,isopropanol, butanol, etc.), at room temperature to reflux temperature.

f) The compound of the formula (I) wherein Cyc3 is heterocyclic ringcontaining nitrogen atom which may have a substituent(s), X ismethylene, Z is bond, R¹ and R² are each hydrogen, Cyc4 is1,4-dihydroquinoline which have R¹³, phenyl and oxo as substituents,that is, the compound of the formula (I-A-A):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, can beprepared by reductive amination reaction of the compound represented byformula (I-A-B):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, and acompound represented by the formula (I-E):

wherein all symbols have the same meanings as described above, to thereaction and if necessary to the deprotection reaction of a protectinggroup.

The reductive amination reaction can be carried out by the same methodas described above for the reductive amination reaction.

The compound represented by formula (I-A-B) can be produced by themethods as illustrated in the Reaction Scheme 5, wherein all symbolshave the same meanings as described above.

In the Reaction Scheme 5, the reaction from the compound represented bythe formula (I-A-I) to the compound represented by the formula (I-A-G)is an aldol reaction.

The aldol reaction is well known and may be carried out by heating inthe presence of an organic acid (for example, acetic acid,trifluoroacetic acid, methanesulfonic acid, para-toluenesulfonic acid,etc.), an inorganic acid (for example, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid,etc.) or an organic base (for example, piperidine, pyridine,triethylamine, diisopropylethylamine,1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, etc.), an inorganic base (forexample, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassiumcarbonate, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium tert-butoxide,potassium tert-butoxide, etc.) in the absence or presence of an organicsolvent [for example, a benzene solvent (for example, benzene, toluene,xylene, chrolobenzene, etc.), an ether solvent (for example,tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, etc.), an alcohol solvent (for example,methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanol, etc.), at room temperature toreflux temperature.

In the Reaction Scheme 5, the reaction from the compound represented bythe formula (I-A-G) to the compound represented by the formula (I-A-F)is a reductive reaction.

The reductive reaction is well known and may be carried byhydrogenolysis, for example, at about 0 to 200° C. in a hydrogenatmosphere of ordinary pressure or high pressure or in the presence ofammonium formate in the presence of a catalyst (such aspalladium-carbon, palladium black, palladium hydroxide, platinum oxideand Raney nickel) in a solvent [such as an ether type (such astetrahydrofuran, dioxane, dimethoxyethane and diethyl ether), an alcoholtype (such as methanol and ethanol), a benzene type (such as benzene andtoluene), a ketone type (such as acetone and methyl ethyl ketone), anitrile type (such as acetonitrile), an amide type (such asdimethylformamide), water, ethyl acetate, acetic acid or a mixed solventcomprising two or more thereof].

In the Reaction Scheme 5, the reaction from the compound represented by(1-A-F) to the compound represented by the formula (I-A-E) is asubstituent-introduction reaction.

The substituent-introduction reaction can be carried out by the samemethod as described above for the substituent-introduction reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 5, the reaction from the compound represented by(1-A-E) to the compound represented by the formula (I-A-C) is anamidation reaction.

The amidation reaction can be carried out by the same method asdescribed above for the amidation reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 5, the reaction from the compound represented by(1-A-C) to the compound represented by the formula (I-A-J) is a ringformation reaction.

The ring formation reaction is well known and may be carried out byheating in the presence of an organic base (for example, piperidine,pyridine, triethylamine, diisopropylethylamine,1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, etc.), an inorganic base (forexample, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassiumcarbonate, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium tert-butoxide,potassium tert-butoxide, etc.) in the absence or presence of an organicsolvent [for example, a benzene solvent (for example, benzene, toluene,xylene, chrolobenzene, etc.), an ether solvent (for example,tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, etc.), an alcohol solvent (for example,methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanol, etc.), at room temperature toreflux temperature.

In the Reaction Scheme 5, the reaction from the compound represented by(1-A-J) to the compound represented by the formula (I-A-B) is adeprotection reaction for the protecting group of amino.

The deprotection reaction for the protecting group of amino can becarried out by the same method as described above the deprotectionreaction for the protecting group of amino.

g) The compound of the formula (I) wherein Cyc3 is piperidine ring whichhave a R¹⁰, X is methylene, R¹ and R² are each hydrogen, Z is —NHCO—,Cyc4 is benzene or pyridine ring which have a R¹⁴, a R¹⁵ and a R¹⁶, thatis, the compound of the formula (I-1-5-A):

wherein R¹⁰⁻¹, R¹⁴⁻, R¹⁵⁻¹ and R¹⁶⁻¹ have the same meanings as R¹⁰, R¹⁴,R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ respectively, with the proviso that, carboxyl, hydroxy,amino or thiol in R¹⁰⁻¹ may be protected, amino in R¹⁴⁻¹ and R¹⁵⁻¹ maybe protected, and hydroxy or amino in R¹⁶⁻¹ may be protected, ifnecessary, and all other symbols have the same meaning as describedabove, can be produced by the methods as illustrated in the ReactionScheme 6, wherein all symbols have the same meaning as described above.

wherein all symbols have the same meaning as described above.

In the Reaction Scheme 6, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-F-1) to the compound of the formula (I-D-1) is a reductive aminationreaction.

The reductive amination reaction can be carried out by the same methodas described above for the reductive amination reaction.

In the Reaction Scheme 6, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-D-1) to the compound of the formula (I-B-1) is a deprotectionreaction for the protecting group of amino.

The deprotection reaction for the protecting group of amino can becarried out by the same method as described above the deprotectionreaction for the protecting group of amino.

In the Reaction Scheme 6, the reaction from the compound of the formula(I-B-1) to the compound of the formula (I-1-5-A) is an amidationreaction.

The amidation reaction can be carried out by the same method asdescribed above for the amidation reaction.

The compound of the present invention can be prepared by these reactionsor reactions modified a part of them.

Other starting compounds or compounds used as reagent are knowncompounds can be prepared easily by combination of known methods, forexample, the methods described in Comprehensive Organic Transformations:A Guide to Functional Group Preparations, 2nd Edition (Richard C.Larock, John Willey & Sons Inc, 1999) or Elmer J. Rauckman et al., J.Org. Chem., vol. 41, No. 3, 1976, p 564-565 etc.

In each reaction of the specification, the reactions with heating, aswill be apparent to those skilled in the art, it may be carried withwater bath, oil bath, sand bath and microwave.

In each reaction of the specification, it may be used a solid phasereagent which is supported by polymer (for example, polystyrene,polyacrylamide, polypropylene or polyethyleneglycol etc.).

In each reaction of the specification, the obtained products may bepurified by conventional techniques. For example, the purification maybe carried out by distillation at atmospheric or reduced pressure, byhigh performance liquid chromatography with silica gel or magnesiumsilicate, by thin layer chromatography, by ion-exchange resin, byscavenger resin, by column chromatography, by washing or byrecrystallization. The purification may be done each reaction or afterseveral reactions.

In a reaction using polystyrene resin of the specification, the obtainedproducts may be purified by conventional techniques. For example, thepurification may be carried out by rinsing them with a solvent (forexample, dimethylformamide, dichloromethane, methanol, tetrahydrofuran,toluene, acetic acid/toluene, etc.) more than once.

Pharmacological Activity

A pharmacological test except for the Biological Examples hereinafterdescribed includes, for example, the following method. By the methodshown below, the in vivo effect of the compound represented by theformula (I) can be proved. A vehicle used for the administration of thecompound represented by the formula (I) to an animal may be any materialso long as it can suspend or dissolve the compound into safe andadministrable state. For example, it is possible to appropriately selectand use vehicles which those skilled in the art use for theadministration to an animal, and examples of such vehicles aremethylcellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose,hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol,sugar, sugar alcohol, edible oil, distilled water, physiological salinesolution, and a mixture thereof and the like.

(1) Consideration of the Improvement in Insulin-Resistance on DiabetesModel of KKAy Mice

Male, 8-weeks old KKAy/Ta Jcl mice are pre-breaded individually insingle cages for approximately one week. During pre-breaded and testterm, mice are provided pellet diet and tap water from bottle of feedwater ad libitum. On the first day of the experiment (Day 0), the bodyweight of mice are measured. Blood samples are collected from coccygealvein using a microcapillary to measure plasma glucose concentration.Based on plasma glucose concentration, mice are divided into some groups(five mice per group) using a stratified randomization method andstarted dosing. The dosing can be carried out by oral gavageadministration compulsorily or parenteral administration by subcutaneousinjection, after suspending or dissolving the test compound in the abovedescribed vehicle. The control group receives preferably only thevehicle. The doses and the administration frequency can be increased ordecreased appropriately by the effect of the test compound, preferably,for example, about 0.1 mg/kg body weight to 100 mg/kg body weight, about1 to 3 times par day, every day. The endpoints of the efficacy on thepresent model include body weight, food intakes, blood glucose level,triglycereide of plasma, insulin, weight of liver. These endpoints canbe measured after arbitrary days from starting the dosing. For example,on the second day (Day 2) to seventh day (Day 7) from starting dosing,the efficacy on the model can be confirmed by measuring these endpoints.On the model, pioglitazone can show the efficacy such as body weightgain, decline of blood glucose level and insulin level, and the like, byoral administration one time per day and from 50 mg/kg body weight.

Toxicity

Because the compound represented by the formula (I) of the presentinvention does not have undesirable side effects such as hepatotoxicity,the toxicity of the compound is very low. Therefore, it is consideredthat the compound represented by the formula (I) of the presentinvention is sufficiently safe to be used as a pharmaceutical.

Application to Pharmaceuticals

The compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxidethereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof (hereinafter, which maybe abbreviated to the compound of the present invention) can be used asan agent for prevention and/or treatment of metabolic diseases (forexample, diabetes mellitus such as insulin-resistant diabetes mellitusor non-insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus, hyperlipemia, otherinsulin-resistant diseases, etc.), cerebrovascular disease (for example,stroke, cerebral bleeding, subarachnoid hemorrhage, spontaneousocclusion of circle of Willis, chronic subdural hematoma, etc.), and thelike.

Metabolic diseases and cerebrovascular disease are not limited thediseases described above, and the diseases include all diseases in whichthe involvement of those diseases has so far been suggested or will befound afterward. Other than metabolic diseases and cerebrovasculardisease described above, the compound of the present invention can beused as an agent for prevention and/or treatment of inflammatorydiseases (for example, diabetic complication (for example, retinopathy,nephropathy, nervous disorder, macrovascular disease, etc.),inflammation, dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, hepatic inflammation,inflammation of the kidneys, glomerulonephritis, pancreatitis,psoriasis, gout, Addison's disease, osteitis syndrome (for example,osteitis such as osteomyelitis, osteomalacia, periostitis, etc.),arthritis (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoidspondylitis, gouty arthritis, synovitis, etc.), inflammatory eyedisease, inflammatory pulmonary disease (for example, chronic pneumonia,pulmonary silicosis, pulmonary sarcoidosis, lung tuberculosis, adultrespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS), etc.), inflammatory enteropathy (for example, Crohn's disease,chronic ulcerative colitis, etc.), allergy disease (for example,allergic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, etc.), autoimmune diseases,autoimmune hemolytic anemia, systemic erythematosus, rheumatism,Castleman's disease, immune rejection accompanied with implanting (forexample, graft-versus-host reaction, etc.); nervous disorder (forexample, central nervous system damage (for example, cerebralhemorrhage, head injury, spinal cord injury, brain edema, multiplesclerosis, etc.), neurodegenerative disease (for example, Alzheimerdisease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) encephalosis, etc.), cerebralmeningitis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease etc.); pulmonary problems (forexample, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), etc.);circulatory system disease (for example, angina pectoris, cardiacfailure, congestive cardiac failure, acute cardiac failure, chroniccardiac failure, cardiac infarction, acute cardiac infarction, cardiacinfarction prognosis, intraatrial myxoma, arterial sclerosis,hypertension, dialysis hypotension, thrombosis, diffuse intravascularcoagulation syndrome (DIC), reperfusion injury, post-percutaneoustransluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) restenosis, etc.); urinarysystem disease (for example, renal failure, etc.); bone disease (forexample, osteoporosis, etc.); cancer disease (for example, malignancysuch as growth and metastasis of malignant tumor, etc.), multiplemyeloma, plasma cell leukemia, cancerous cachexia, etc.; infectiousdisease (for example, virus infection caused by cytomegalovirus,influenza virus, herpes virus, corona virus, etc., cachexia accompaniedwith infection, cachexia related to AIDS, blood poisoning such assepsis, septic shock, endotoxic shock, gram-negative sepsis, toxic shocksyndrom, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) accompanied with virusinfection, etc.); and the like.

When the compound of the present invention is used for theaforementioned purposes, normally it is administered systemically orlocally by oral route or parenteral route.

The compound of the present invention is safe and low in toxicity sothat it may be administrated to a mammal including human or a non-humananimal (for example, monkey, sheep, cattle, horse, dog, cat, rabbit,rat, mouse, etc.).

The doses to be administered are determined depending upon, for example,age, body weight, symptom, the desired therapeutic effect, the route ofadministration, the duration of the treatment, and the like. For a humanadult, generally 1 mg to 1000 mg per dose is orally administered once toseveral times a day, or 0.1 mg to 100 mg per dose is parenterally(preferably intravenously) administered once to several times a day, orintravenously administered continuously for 1 to 24 hours a day.

As mentioned above, the doses to be administered depend upon variousconditions. Therefore, there may be cases where doses lower than orgreater than the ranges specified above are applied.

The compound of the present invention may be safely administered orallyor parenterally (for example, local, rectal, intravenous administration)alone or by mixing with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to be madeinto a medicinal preparation, for example, solid agents for oraladministration (for example, tablets including those coated with sugaror film, powder, pills, granules, capsules, etc.), liquid agents fororal administration, injections, suppositories, sustained release drug,etc., in accordance with a known method generally used as amanufacturing method of a medicinal preparation. The amount of thecompound of the present invention in such preparations is about 0.01% ofpart weight to about 100% of part weight, preferably about 0.1% of partweight to about 50% of part weight, and more preferably, about 0.5% ofpart weight to about 20% of part weight, relative to the whole of thepreparation.

The compound of the present invention used in the production of thosemedicinal preparations is not limited to substantially pure and singlesubstance, and may include impurities (for example, by-product, solvent,raw material, etc. which is derived from the production steps) as far asthey are pharmaceutically acceptable as pharmaceutical bulk.

The carrier which is used in the production of the medicinal preparationincludes various conventional organic or inorganic carrier materials,such as vehicles, lubricants, binders and disintegrants of solidpreparation, or solvents, solution adjuvants, suspending or emulsifyingagents, tonicity agent, buffering agents and soothing agents, etc. ofliquid preparation. If necessary, conventional preservatives,antioxidants, coloring agents, sweetening agents, absorbents andhumectants can be used appropriately on adequate dose.

Solid agents for oral administration include tablets, pills, capsules,dispersible powders and granules. Capsules include hard capsules andsoft capsules. In such solid agents, one or more of the activecompound(s) may be alone, or admixed with vehicles (such as lactose,mannitol, glucose, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn starch,light anhydrous silicic acid, etc.), binders (such as hydroxypropylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, magnesium metasilicate aluminate,crystalline cellulose, white sugar, D-mannitol, dextrin,hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, starch, sucrose, gelatin,methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, etc.), disintegrants(such as cellulose calcium glycolate, starch, carboxymethyl cellulose,carboxymethyl cellulose calcium, sodium carboxymethyl starch,L-hydroxypropyl cellulose, etc.), lubricants (such as magnesiumstearate, calcium stearate, talc, colloidal silica, etc.), andformulated according to common methods. The solid agents may, ifdesired, be coated with coating agents (such as white sugar, gelatin,hydroxypropyl cellulose or hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose phthalate), orbe coated with two or more films. And further, coating may includecontainment within capsules of absorbable materials such as gelatin.

Liquid agents for oral administration include pharmaceuticallyacceptable solutions, suspensions, emulsions, syrups, elixirs, etc. Insuch liquid agents, one or more of the active compound(s) may bedissolved, suspended or emulsified into diluent(s) commonly used in theart (such as purified water, ethanol or a mixture thereof). The liquidagents may further comprise some additives, such as wetting agents,suspending agents, emulsifying agents, sweetening agents, flavoringagents, aroma, preservatives or buffering agents.

Injections for parenteral administration include any types of injectionsincluding drops. Examples of injections include intramuscularinjections, subcutaneous injections, intradermal injections,intraarterial injections, intravenous injections, intraabdominalinjections, intraspinal injections, intravenous drips, etc. Injectionsfor parenteral administration also include sterile aqueous, suspensions,emulsions and solid forms which are dissolved or suspended intosolvent(s) for injection immediately before use. In injections, one ormore of the active compound(s) may be dissolved, suspended or emulsifiedinto solvent(s). Examples of the solvents include distilled water forinjection, physiological saline, macrogol, vegetable oil (for example,sesame-seed oil, corn oil, olive oil, etc.), propylene glycol,polyethylene glycol, alcohol such as ethanol, or a mixture thereof.

Injections may comprise some additives, such as stabilizing agents (forexample, D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, L-alanine, ascorbic acid, albumin,inositol, sodium gluconic acid, sodium thioglycolate, polyoxyethylenehardened castor oil, etc.), solution adjuvants (for example, glutamicacid, aspartic acid, POLYSORBATE 80 (registered trade mark),polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, D-mannitol, benzyl benzoate,ethanol, trisaminomethane, cholesterol, triethanolamine, sodiumcarbonate, sodium citrate, etc.), emulsifying agents or emulsifyingagents (for example, surface-active agents such asstearyltriethanolamine, sodium lauryl sulfate, laurylaminopropionicacid, lecithin, benzalkonium chloride, benzetonium chloride, glycerinmonostearate, etc.; hydrophilic polymer such as polyvinyl alcohol,polyvinylpyrrolidone, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose,hydroxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose,etc.; and the like), soothing agents (for example, benzyl alcohol,etc.), tonicity agents (for example, glucose, D-sorbitol, sodiumchloride, glycerin, D-mannitol, etc.), buffering agents (for example,phosphate buffer, acetate buffer, carbonate buffer, citrate buffer,etc.), preservatives (for example, parahydroxybenzoate esters,chlorobutanol, benzylalcohol, phenethyl alcohol, dehydroacetate, sorbicacid, etc.), antioxidants (for example, sulfite salt, ascorbic acid,α-tocopherol, etc.), and the like. They may be sterilized at a finalstep, or may be prepared and compensated according to asepticmanipulations. They may also be manufactured into sterile solid agents,for example, freeze-dried products, which may be dissolved in sterilewater or some other sterile diluent(s) for injection immediately beforeuse.

Freeze drying can be carried out by the known method. Generally, apreferable method is to dry by freezing at −25° C. or below, and thenraising the temperature of a drying rack to 25° C. to 40° C., whileholding the vacuum pressure of a dry warehouse at about 13.3 Pa orbelow.

The other preparations for parenteral administration include liquids forexternal use, ointments, liniments, insufflations, spray preparations,suppositories and pessaries for vaginal administration which compriseone or more of the active substance(s) and may be prepared by methodsknown per se.

The compound of the present invention may be administered as acombination preparation by combining with other pharmaceuticals for thepurpose of

1) supplementation and/or enhancement of the preventive and/ortherapeutic effects of the compound,

2) improvement of pharmacokinetics and absorption of the compound andreduction of the dosage, and/or

3) reduction of side effects of the compound.

In addition, the compound of the present invention may be combined andadministered as a combination preparation for the purpose of

1) supplementing and/or enhancing the preventive and/or treatment effectof the other pharmaceuticals to be combined (hereinafter, which may beabbreviated to a concomintant drug(s)),2) improving pharmacokinetics and absorption of the concomitant drug(s)and reducing the dose of the concomitant drug(s), and/or3) reducing side effect of the concomitant drug(s).

The combination preparations of the compound of the present inventionand a concomitant drug(s) may be administered as one combinationpreparation comprising these components, or may be administeredseparately. When they are administered separately as independentpreparations, they may be administered simultaneously or with time lag.Administration with time lag includes the method of administering thecompound of the present invention before other drugs and vice versa, andeach administration route may be the same or different. There is nolimitation on a disease on which the combination preparations of thecompound of the present invention and a concomitant drug(s) havepreventive and/or treatment effects, so long as the preventive and/ortreatment effect of the combination preparation is supplemented and/orenhanced in the disease. There is no limitation on the weight ratiobetween the compound of the present invention and the concomitantdrug(s) in a combined preparation by combining the compound of thepresent invention with the concomitant drug(s).

Furthermore, the concomitant drug(s) is not limited to a low molecularweight compound, and may be a macromolecule protein, polypeptide,polynucleotide (DNA, RNA, gene), antisense, decoy, antibody, vaccine,and the like. The dosage of the concomitant drug(s) can be properlyselected according to the clinical dosage. The compounding ratio of thecompound of the present invention and the concomitant drug(s) can beproperly selected by the age and body weight of the object,administration route, administration term, target disease, symptom,combination, and the like. For example, the amount of the concomitantdrug(s) may be used 0.01 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight relativeto 1 part by weight of the compound of the present invention.

The concomitant drug(s) may be administrated in the proper combinationof arbitrary one or two or more member(s) selected from the same ordifferent groups in arbitrary proportion.

Examples of the concomitant drug(s) of the compound of the presentinvention as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for hyperlipemiaincludes, for example, a MTP (Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein)inhibitor, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a squalene synthetaseinhibitor, a fibrate preparation, an ACAT (Acyl-CoA: cholesterolO-acyltransferase) inhibitor, a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, a cholesterolabsorption inhibitor, a bile acid absorption inhibitor, a ileum Na⁺/bileacid cotransporter (IBAT) inhibitor, an LDL receptor activator/enhancedexpression, a lipase inhibitor, a probucol preparation, a niacinpreparation.

Examples of the concomitant drug(s) of the compound of the presentinvention as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for diabetes mellitus(insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus or non-insulin-resistant diabetesmellitus), diabetes complication and the like, include a hypoglycemicsulfonylurea agent, a biguanide preparation, an α-glucosidase inhibitor,a rapid-acting insulin secretagogue, an insulin preparation, a GPR 40agonist(G protein coupled receptor 40 agonist), a SGLT (sodium-dependentglucose transporter, for example, SGLT1, SGLT2) inhibitor, a GLP-1(hormone Glucagon-Like Peptide-1)/GLP-1 analog, a DPP4 (dipeptidylpeptidase) inhibitor, a PTP1B inhibitor, a β3 adrenoceptor agonist, aPPAR (for example, PPARα, PPARγ, PPARδ) agonist, and diabetescomplication therapeutic agent and the like.

Examples of the concomitant drug(s) of the compound of the presentinvention as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cerebrovasculardisease include an anti-thrombus agent, an oral anticoagulant, ananti-platelet agent, a thrombolytic agent, a cerebral circulationmetabolism improving agent, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, and thelike.

Examples of the MTP inhibitor include BMS-201038, BMS-212122,BMS-200150, GW-328713, R-103757, and the like.

Examples of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor include atorvastatin,fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin,simvastatin, and the like.

Examples of the squalene synthetase inhibitor include TAK-475 and thelike.

Examples of the fibrate preparation include gemfibrozil, clofibrate,bezafibrate, fenofibrate, and the like.

Examples of the ACAT inhibitor include F-12511, F-1394, CI-1011,melinamide, FCE27677, RP73163, and the like.

Examples of the 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor include zileuton, and the like.

Examples of the cholesterol absorption inhibitor include SCH48461 andthe like.

Examples of the bile acid absorption inhibitor include cholestyramine,cholestagel, and the like.

Examples of the ileum Na⁺/bile acid cotransporter (IBAT) inhibitorinclude S-8921, and the like.

Examples of the LDL receptor activator/enhanced expression agent includeMD-700, LY295427, and the like.

Examples of the lipase inhibitor include orlistat and the like. Examplesof the hypoglycemic sulfonylurea agent include acetohexamide,glibenclamide, gliclazide, glyclopyramide, chlorpropamide, tolazamide,tolbutamide, glimepiride, and the like.

Examples of the biguanide preparation include buformin hydrochloride,metformin hydrochloride, and the like.

Examples of the α-glucosidase inhibitor include acarbose, voglibose, andthe like.

Examples of the rapid-acting insulin secretagogue include nateglinide,repaglinide, and the like.

Examples of the GPR 40 agonist include the compounds described inWO04/41266, WO04/106276, WO05/51890, WO05/63725, WO06/83612, WO07/13689and the like.

Examples of the SGLT inhibitor include T-1095, AVE-2268,KGT-1251/KGT-1681, and the like.

Examples of the GLP-1/GLP-1 analog include Liraglutide (NN2211),exenatide (trade name Byetta), and the like.

Examples of the DPP4 inhibitor include NVP-DPP728A, vildagliptin, andthe like.

Examples of the β3 adrenoceptor agonist include AJ9677, L750355,CP331648, and the like.

Examples of the PPAR agonist include pioglitazone, troglitazone,rosiglitazone, JTT-501, and the like.

Examples of the diabetes complication therapeutic agent includeepalrestat, and the like.

Examples of the anti-thrombus agent include tissue plasminogen activator(t-PA), rt-PA, heparin, and the like.

Examples of the oral anticoagulant include warfarin, and the like.

Examples of the anti-platelet agent include aspirin, dipyridamole,ticlopidine hydrochloride, beraprost sodium, cilostazol, ozagrel sodium,and the like.

Examples of the thrombolytic agent include urokinase, tisokinase,alteplase, and the like.

Examples of the cerebral circulation metabolism improving agent includeidebenone, calcium hopantenate, amantadine hydrochloride, meclofenoxatehydrochloride, dihydroergotoxin mesylate, pyrithioxine hydrochloride,γ-aminobutyric acid, bifemelane hydrochloride, lisuride maleate,indeloxazine hydrochloride, nicergoline, propentofylline, and the like.

The following excellent effects can be obtained by combining thecompound of the present invention with the concomitant drug(s).

(1) The concomitant use can decrease the dose compared to administrationof the compound alone of the present invention or the concomitantdrug(s) alone;

(2) The compound of the present invention and the concomitant drug canbe selected according to a patient's symptom (mild case, severe case,etc.);

(3) The selection of the concomitant drug(s) of which mechanism of theaction is different from that of the compound of the present inventioncan decrease the dose in patients and extend the therapeutic period;

(4) The selection of the concomitant drug(s) of which mechanism of theaction is different from that of the compound of the present inventioncan maintain the therapeutic effect;

(5) The combination of the compound of the present invention with theconcomitant drug(s) can obtain the synergistic effect.

Especially, in the case that the concomitant drug(s) is a steroid drug,it is possible to take a steroid drug of weak action as compared withadministration of the steroid drug alone.

Generally, in the case of the combination of fibrate preparations with aHMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, it is known that rhabdmyolysis may occur asa side effect. However, the incidence and the degree of rhabdmyolysiscan be decreased by using the above described concomitant drugs.

Hereinafter, to use the compound of the present invention in conjunctionwith a concomitant drug(s) is termed “the combination preparation of thepresent invention”. In the case of using the combination preparation ofthe present invention, there is no particular limitation foradministration time of the compound of the present invention or and aconcomitant drug(s). The administration of the compound of the presentinvention or pharmaceutical composition thereof and a concomitantdrug(s) or pharmaceutical composition thereof to the administrationobject includes a simultaneous administration and administrations withtime difference. The dose of a concomitant drug can be properly selectedaccording to object of the administration, route of the administration,disease, combination, etc., as far as it conforms to the clinical dose.There is no particular limitation on the way of administration, as faras the compound of the present invention and a concomitant drug(s) arecombined in vivo. The way of administration includes, for example, (1)administration of a single preparation obtained by preparing thecompound of the present invention and a concomitant drug(s)simultaneously, (2) simultaneous administration of two kind ofpreparation obtained by preparing the compound of the present inventionand a concomitant drug(s) separately by the same route ofadministration, (3) administrations with time difference of two kind ofpreparation obtained by preparing the compound of the present inventionand a concomitant drug(s) separately by the same route ofadministration, (4) simultaneous administration of two kind ofpreparation obtained by preparing the compound of the present inventionand a concomitant drug(s) separately by different route ofadministration, (5) administrations with time difference of two kind ofpreparation obtained by preparing the compound of the present inventionand a concomitant drug(s) separately by different route ofadministration (such as, administration in the order of the compound ofthe present invention and a concomitant drug(s), or vice-versa, etc.

In the administration of the combination preparation of the presentinvention, the concomitant drug(s) of the present invention and/or theconcomitant drug(s) can be safely administered as they are or afterbeing mixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier according to aper se known method usually employed in the production of pharmaceuticalpreparations, orally or parenterally (for example, topicaladministration, rectal administration, intravenous administration, etc.)in the form of solid preparations for internal use (for example, tabletsincluding sugar coated tablets and film-coating tablets), powders,pills, granules, capsules, etc.), liquid preparations for internal use,liquid preparations for external use, injections, suppositories,delayed-release preparations or the like.

The carrier which is used in the production of the pharmaceuticalpreparation includes various conventional organic or inorganic carriermaterials, such as excipients, lubricants, binders and disintegratorsfor solid preparations, solvents, solubilizers, suspending oremulsifying agents, isotonic agents, buffers and soothing agents, etc.If necessary, conventional preservatives, antioxidants, coloring agents,sweetening agents, adsorbents, wetting agents, and the like can be usedappropriately in a suitable amount.

The excipient includes, for example, lactose, mannitol, glucose,microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn starch, light anhydrous silicicacid, and the like. The binder includes, for example, hydroxypropylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, magnesium metasilicate aluminate,crystalline cellulose, white soft sugar, D-mannitol, dextrin,hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose starch, sucrose, gelatin, methylcellulose,sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and the like. The disintegrator includes,for example, cellulose calcium glycolate, starch,carboxymethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose calcium, sodiumcarboxymethylstarch, L-hydroxypropyl cellulose, and the like. Thelubricant includes, for example, magnesium stearate, calcium stearate,talc, colloid silica, and the like. The solvent medium includes, forexample, distilled water for injection, physiological saline solution,macrogol, vegetable oil (such as sesame oil, corn oil, olive oil),alcohols (for example, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, ethanol,etc.) or a mixture thereof.

The stabilizer includes, for example, D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, L-alanine,ascorbic acid, albumin, inositol, sodium gluconate, sodiumthioglycolate, polyoxyethylene hardened caster oil, etc. The solubilizerincludes, for example, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, Polysolbate 80(trade name), polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, D-mannitol, benzylbenzoate, ethanol, trisaminomethane, cholesterol, triethanolamine,sodium carbonate, citric sodium, etc. The emulsifying or suspendingagent includes, for example, surfactants (for example, stearyltriethanolamine, sodium lauryl sulfate, laurylaminopropionate, lecithin,benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride, glyceryl monostearate,etc.), hydrophilic polymers (for example, polyvinyl alcohol,polyvinylpyrrolidone, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose,hydroxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose,etc.) and the like. The soothing agents include, for example, benzylalcohol, and the like. The isotonic agents include, for example,glucose, D-sorbitol, sodium chloride, glycerin, D-mannitol, and thelike. The buffers include, for example, a buffer solution of phosphates,acetates, carbonates, citrates, or the like. The preservative includes,for example, p-hydroxybenzoic acid ester, chlorobutanol, benzyl alcohol,phenethyl alcohol, dehydroacetic acid, sorbic acid, and the like. Theantioxidant includes, for example, sulfites, ascorbic acid,α-tocopherol, and the like.

The compounding ratio of the compound of the present invention in acombination preparation varies depending on the dosage form. It isusually about 0.01% by weight to 100% by weight relative to the wholepreparation, preferably about 0.1% by weight to 50% by weight relativeto the whole preparation, more preferably about 0.5% by weight to 20% byweight relative to the whole preparation.

The compounding ratio of the concomitant drug(s) in the combinationpreparation of the present invention varies depending on the dosageform. It is usually about 0.01% by weight to 100% by weight, preferablyabout 0.1% by weight to 50% by weight relative to the whole preparation,more preferably about 0.5% by weight to 20% by weight relative to thewhole preparation.

The content of the additive such as carrier, etc. in the combinationpreparation of the present invention varies depending on the dosageform. It is usually about 1% by weight to 99.99% by weight, preferablyabout 10% by weight to 90% by weight relative to the whole preparation.In addition, it may be the same in the formulation of the compound ofthe present invention and the concomitant drug(s) independently.

These drug preparations can be prepared by the usual method (such as themethod described in Japanese Pharmacopoeia, etc.). The tablet can beprepared by mixing uniformly the compound of the present inventionand/or the concomitant drug(s) in the presence or absence of excipients,disintegrators, or other appropriate additives to prepare granulatedpowder in an appropriate manner, and then compacting with a lubricant,etc.; by mixing uniformly the compound of the present invention and/orthe concomitant drug(s), in the presence or absence of excipients,disintegrators, or other appropriate additives in an appropriate manner,and then compacting the mixture directly; or by optionally adding anappropriate additive to previously granulated powder, mixing the mixtureuniformly and then compacting into tablets. If necessary, the tablet maybe prepared with coloring agents, flavoring substance, etc. Furthermore,it can be coated by using appropriate coating agents.

The injection preparation can be prepared by the following method. Acertain amount of the compounds of the present invention and/or aconcomitant drug(s) is dissolved, suspended or emulsified usually in anaqueous medium such as distilled water for injection, physiologicalsaline solution, and Ringer solution, or in a non-aqueous medium such asvegetable oil, etc.; or a certain amount of the compound of the presentinvention and/or a concomitant drug(s) is sealed in a container forinjection. The carrier for the preparation for oral administrationincludes a conventional material used in the field of pharmaceuticalformulation, such as starch, mannitol, crystalline cellulose, sodiumcarboxymethylcellulose, etc. The carrier for injections includes, forexample, distilled water, physiological saline solution, glucosesolution, infusion, and the like.

Although the dose of the combination preparation of the presentinvention depends on the age, weight, disease symptom, therapeuticeffect, administration route, therapy period, and the like, the compoundof the present invention and the concomitant drug(s) are usuallyadministered orally once or several times per day at a dose peradministration of from 0.1 mg to 1000 mg per human adult, orparenterally (preferably intravenous administration once or severaltimes per day at a dose per administration of from 0.1 mg to 100 mg perhuman adult, or continuously administered intravenously for 1 hour to 24hours per day.

It goes without saying that the dose of these compounds may be less thanthe aforementioned value or may need to exceed the aforementioned rangebecause the dose varies under various conditions as mentioned above. Theconcomitant drug(s) can be administrated at arbitrary dose as far as theside effect is not a serious problem and the purpose of the presentinvention can be achieved. The daily dose as a concomitant drug(s)differs depending on age, sex, body weight, different sensitivity, timeand interval of administration object, characteristics of pharmaceuticalpreparation, dispensing, kind, and type of active ingredient ofmedicinal preparation; and the like, so that it is not particularlylimited.

In the mode of administration of the combination preparation of thepresent invention, the compound of the present invention may beadministered simultaneously, or the combination preparation may beadministered firstly followed by administering the compound of thepresent invention, or the compound of the present invention may beadministered firstly, followed by administering the concomitant drug(s).In the case of time difference administration, time difference differsdepending on active ingredient to be administered, dosage form, andadministration route. For example, in the case where the concomitantdrug(s) may be administered firstly, the compound of the presentinvention can be administered within 1 minute to 3 days, preferably 10minutes to 1 day, more preferably 15 minutes to 1 hour after theadministration of the concomitant drug(s) of the present invention.

In the case where the compound of the present invention is administeredfirstly, the concomitant drug(s) of the present invention can beadministered within 1 minute to 1 day, preferably 10 minutes to 6 hours,more preferably 15 minutes to 1 hour after the administration of thecompound of the present invention, and the like.

Effect of the Invention

The antidiabetic agent and the cerebral infarction treating agent of thepresent invention comprising the compound represented by the formula(I), a salt thereof, or an N-oxide thereof, or a solvate thereof, or aprodrug thereof can be very useful in a preventing and/or treatment forvarious diseases including, for example, metabolic diseases such asdiabetes, cerebrovascular disease such as stroke, and the like, becauseof an anti-diabetic effect and a neuroprotective effect, and they arelow toxicity because they don't have undesirable side effects such ashepatotoxicity.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Now, the present invention is described in greater detail by referenceto the following Examples, although the present invention is notconstrued as being restricted thereto.

Solvents given in parentheses concerning chromatographic separation andTLC indicate each the elution solvent or the developing solvent employedis expressed in ratio by volume.

Unless otherwise indicated, the NMR data are ¹H-NMR data (400 MHz).Solvents given in parentheses concerning NMR indicate each solventemployed in measurement.

Example 1 5-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-2-furoic Acid

A solution of methyl 5-(3-hydroxyphenyl)furan-2-carboxylate (500 mg) inethanol (11 mL) was treated with aqueous 3 mol/L sodium hydroxide (3.8mL) at room temperature and refluxed for three hours. The reaction wasbrought to room temperature and concentrated. The residue was dissolvedin water and brought to pH 2 via the addition of 1 N hydrochloric acid.The precipitated beige solids were collected by filtration to obtain thetitle compound (175 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.73 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.13 (m, 4H), 7.02 (d, J=2.4 Hz,1H), 6.78 (d, J=7.7 Hz, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 203 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2 Methyl 4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-ethoxy-2-pyridinecarboxylate

N-Chlorosuccinimide (0.667 g) was added to a room temperature solutionof methyl 4-amino-6-ethoxypicolinate (0.980 g, prepared according to thereported preparation in Zhao, H.; et al. J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49, 4455)in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL). After the reaction was stirred for 18hours, water was added and the resulting mixture was extracted withdichloromethane. The mixture was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfateand concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (dichloromethane: diethyl ether=5:3) to obtain the titlecompound (0.176 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 6.79 (s, 2H), 4.28 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.86 (s, 3H),1.29 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H).

Example 3 4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-ethoxy-2-pyridinecarboxylic Acid

Lithium hydroxide monohydrate (0.027 g) was added to a room temperaturesolution of the compound prepared in Example 2 (0.172 g) in ethanol (0.5mL)-water (0.3 mL). The mixture was stirred for two hours and thenbrought to pH 3 via the addition of 1 N hydrochloric acid. Theprecipitated solids were collected by filtration to obtain the titlecompound (0.110 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 6.85 (s, 2H), 4.28 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.29 (t, J=7.0Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 249 (M−H)⁻.

Example 4 2-chlorobenzaldehyde Oxime

Hydroxylamine hydrochloride (35.6 g) was added to a 0° C. mixture of2-chlorobenzaldehyde (60.0 g) and sodium carbonate (22.6 g) in methanol(1.0 L)-water (1.0 L). The reaction was stirred overnight and thenconcentrated to half volume. The mixture was extracted twice with ethylacetate. The organics were combined, washed with brine, dried overanhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to obtain the titlecompound (65.4 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.57 (s, 1H), 8.18-8.03 (bs, 1H), 7.83 (dd, J=2.3, 7.8Hz, 1H), 7.40 (dd, J=1.6, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.35-7.25 (m, 2H).

Example 5 2-chloro-N-hydroxybenzenecarboximidoyl Chloride

N-Chlorosuccinimide (56.1 g) was added slowly to a 0° C. solution of thecompound prepared in Example 4 (65.4 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (1.2L). The reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight and thendiluted with ice water and methyl tert-butyl ether. The layers wereseparated and the aqueous phase was extracted once more with methyltert-butyl ether. The organic phases were combined, washed with brine,dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to obtain thetitle compound (79.5 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.02 (s, 1H), 7.49-7.43 (m, 2H), 7.41-7.36 (m, 1H),7.34-7.29 (m, 1H).

Example 6 [3-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methanol

A solution of triethylamine (48 mL) in diethyl ether (0.5 L) was addedover two hours to a 0° C. solution of the compound prepared in Example 5(50.0 g) and propargyl alcohol (31 mL) in diethyl ether (1.2 L). Thereaction was stirred at room temperature overnight, washed with water,dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to obtain thetitle compound (50.0 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.74-7.69 (m, 1H), 7.48 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.42-7.32(s, 2H), 6.72 (s, 1H), 4.84 (s, 2H).

Example 7 3-phenyl-5-isoxazolecarbaldehyde

A solution of (3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl) methanol (10.0 g) and2-iodoxybenzoic acid (24.0 g) in ethyl acetate (350 mL) was refluxedovernight. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, filtered andconcentrated. The resulting solids were triturated (hexane:diethylether=1:1) to obtain the title compound (8.22 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.97 (s, 1H), 8.06-7.91 (m, 3H), 7.64-7.47 (m, 3H).

Example 8 tert-butyl({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)carbamate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 7 (2.00 g), tert-butylpiperidin-4-ylmethylcarbamate (2.72 g) and acetic acid (0.66 mL) inacetonitrile (60 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes.Tetramethylammonium triacetoxyborohydride (9.12 g) was added and thereaction was stirred overnight. The reaction was then poured into asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and the resulting mixturewas extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organics weredried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to a whitesolid. The solid was triturated with hexane to obtain the title compound(3.90 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.83-7.79 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.43 (m, 3H), 6.49 (s, 1H),4.66-4.57 (m, 1H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.06-2.93 (m, 4H), 2.16-2.07 (m, 2H),1.74-1.66 (m, 2H), 1.52-1.39 (m, 10H), 1.38-1.24 (m, 2H); Mass data(ESI, Pos.): m/z 372 (M+H)⁺.

Example 9 1-{1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methanamine

Trifluoroacetic acid (2.1 mL) was added to a room temperature solutionof the compound prepared in Example 8 (0.99 g) in dichloromethane (10mL). The reaction was stirred overnight and then concentrated. The cruderesidue was azeotroped with a solution of hexane and toluene, dilutedwith ethyl acetate and washed with an aqueous 10% sodium carbonatesolution. The organics were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated to obtain the title compound (0.60 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.42 (m, 3H), 6.50 (s, 1H),3.74 (s, 2H), 3.03-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.60-2.57 (m, 2H), 2.18-2.07 (m, 2H),1.79-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.35-1.23 (m, 3H), 1.21-1.10 (m, 2H); Mass data (ESI,Pos.): m/z 272 (M+H)⁺.

Example 10 Tert-butyl4-{[(4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoyl)amino]methyl}-1-piperidinecarboxylate

1-Ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (2.26 g)and diisopropylethylamine (2.05 mL) were added to a room temperaturesolution of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid (2.00 g) and1-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (1.81 g) in dichloromethane (53 mL).After the reaction was stirred for five minutes, tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (2.53 g) was added and themixture was stirred overnight. The reaction was then partitioned between1 N hydrochloric acid and dichloromethane. The organic layer wasseparated, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated andpurified by column chromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane:methanol=19:1). The resulting residue was triturated in diethyl etherand the solids were collected by filtration to obtain the title compound(3.56 g) having the following physical data. ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.60(t, J=5.7 Hz, 1H), 7.61-7.39 (m, 3H), 3.91 (m, 5H), 3.15 (t, J=6.0 Hz,2H), 2.81-2.62 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.51 (m, 3H), 1.39 (s, 9H), 1.12-0.92 (m,2H)⁺;

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 283 (M-tert-butoxycarbonyl+H)⁺.

Example 11 4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-(4-piperidinylmethyl)benzamideTrifluoroacetate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 10 (1.44 g) indichloromethane (8.04 mL)-trifluoroacetic acid (1.46 mL) was stirred for18 hours. The reaction was concentrated and the excess trifluoroaceticacid was removed via azeotropic distillation from toluene and diethylether. The resulting oil solidified upon treatment with (diethyl ether:hexane=5:1) and the solids were collected by filtration to obtain thetitle compound (1.36 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.68 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 1H), 8.58-8.42 (m, 1H), 8.22-8.08(m, 1H), 7.53-7.44 (m, 3H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 3.28-3.16 (m, 4H), 2.87-2.75(m, 2H), 1.83-1.75 (m, 3H), 1.32 (d, J=11.9 Hz, 2H); Mass data (ESI,Pos.): m/z 283 (M+H)⁺.

Example 12 2-(4-chlorophenol)-1,3-thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

A mixture of 4-chlorobenzothioamide (100 mg) and 2-bromomalonaldehyde(88 mg) in ethanol (1.2 mL) was heated to 60° C. overnight. The reactionwas cooled to room temperature and concentrated. The residue wasdissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with a saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate solution. The organics were dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate and concentrated. The crude product was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:6) to obtain thetitle compound (0.60 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.06 (s, 1H), 8.43 (s, 1H), 8.00-7.95 (m, 2H),7.50-7.45 (m, 2H).

Example 13 2-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 12, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of 4-chlorobenzothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained. ¹H NMR(DMSO-d₆): δ 10.1 (s, 1H), 8.52 (s, 1H), 8.40-8.31 (m, 1H), 7.59-7.51(m, 1H), 7.48-7.39 (m, 2H).

Example 14 4-phenyl-2-furaldehyde

Phenylboronic acid (1.46 g) was added to a stirred mixture of4-bromofuran-2-carbaldehyde (2.00 g) andtetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.396 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (57 mL) and a solution of sodium carbonate (3.03g) in water (7 mL). The reaction was heated at 110° C. overnight. Theresulting mixture was filtered and the filtrate was partitioned betweenwater and diethyl ether. The layers were separated and the aqueous phasewas extracted with diethyl ether. The organics were combined, washedwith brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. Theresidue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel(dichloromethane: hexane=9:1) to obtain the title compound (1.55 g)having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.66 (s, 1H), 8.64 (s, 1H), 8.05 (s, 1H), 7.72-7.61(m, 2H), 7.40-7.28 (m, 3H).

Example 15 5-(2-pyridinyl)-2-thiophenecarbaldehyde

A solution of (5-(pyridin-2-yl)thien-2-yl) methanol (0.100 g) andmanganese dioxide (0.136 g) in tetrahydrofuran (3.5 mL) was refluxedovernight. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solidswere filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue wastriturated (hexane:diethyl ether=1:1) to obtain the title compound (8.22g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.94 (s, 1H), 8.62 (d, J=4.0 Hz, 1H), 8.17-7.86 (m,1H), 8.15-7.92 (m, 3H), 7.42 (dd, J=4.8, 7.5 Hz, 1H).

Example 164-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

To a solution of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid (65 mg) indichloromethane (4 mL) was added1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (67 mg),1-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (58 mg), and diisopropylethylamine (0.25mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for five minutes andthen the hydrochloride salt of the compound prepared in Example 9 (100mg) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for16 hours. The organic phase was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed witha saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:1, then ethylacetate) to obtain the title compound (70 mg) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.87-7.74 (m, 2H), 7.53-7.33 (m, 5H), 7.18-7.11 (m,1H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 6.23-6.13 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.74 (s, 2H),3.41-3.32 (m, 2H), 3.03-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.20-2.09 (m, 2H), 1.82-1.72 (m,2H), 1.69-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.32 (m, 2H); Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z440 (M+H)⁺.

Example 172-anilino-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.87-7.75 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.42 (m, 4H), 7.41-7.31 (m,4H), 7.29-7.20 (m, 1H), 7.15-7.08 (m, 2H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 3.73 (s, 2H),3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.99 (d, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 2.14 (t, J=11.4 Hz,2H), 1.82-1.73 (m, 2H), 1.69-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.48-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 474 (M+H)⁺.

Example 184-chloro-2-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.14 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.87-7.71 (m, 3H), 7.53-7.39(m, 3H), 7.09-7.04 (m, 1H), 6.97 (s, 1H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 3.97 (s, 3H),3.74 (s, 2H), 3.37 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.99 (d, J=11.3 Hz, 2H), 2.15 (t,J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 1.77 (d, J=12.7 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.33(m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 440 (M+H)⁺.

Example 195-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-furamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.94-7.83 (m, 2H), 7.63 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2H) 7.42-7.12(m, 6H), 6.73 (d, J=3.6 Hz, 1H), 6.28 (m, 2H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.38 (t,J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 3.00 (d, J=11.4 Hz, 2H), 2.21-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.80 (d,J=12.7 Hz, 2H), 1.71-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.43 (dd, J=12.02, 3.04 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 476 (M+H)⁺.

Example 20N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1H-indole-6-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acidand the compound prepared in Example 9, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.49-8.37 (m, 1H), 7.99 (s, 1H), 7.87-7.74 (m, 2H),7.68-7.62 (m, 1H), 7.49-7.38 (m, 4H), 7.36-7.30 (s, 1H), 6.59 (s, 1H),6.50 (s, 1H), 6.32-6.19 (m, 1H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.46-3.36 (m, 2H),3.03-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.23-2.09 (m, 2H), 1.85-1.76 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.61 (m,1H), 1.50-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 415 (M+H)⁺.

Example 215-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-furamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acidand the compound prepared in Example 9, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.83 (dd, J=2.5, 6.2 Hz, 2H), 7.53-7.41 (m, 3H),7.34-7.16 (m, 4H), 6.89-6.72 (m, 3H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.40-3.31 (m, 2H),3.01 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 2.20 (t, J=10.1 Hz, 2H), 1.87-1.62 (m, 3H),1.49-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 458 (M+H)⁺.

Example 225-phenyl-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-furamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acidand the compound prepared in Example 9, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.74-7.67 (m, 2H), 7.47-7.38 (m,5H), 7.36-7.31 (m, 1H), 7.20-7.15 (m, 1H), 6.76-6.71 (m, 1H), 6.52-6.42(m, 2H), 3.76-3.71 (m, 2H), 3.42-3.34 (m, 2H), 3.04-2.95 (m, 2H),2.21-2.10 (m, 2H), 1.85-1.76 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.49-1.37 (m,2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 442 (M+H)⁺.

Example 23N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-3-(3-pyridinyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acidand the compound prepared in Example 9, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.60-8.52 (m, 1H), 8.18-8.01 (m, 2H),7.91-7.79 (m, 4H), 7.64-7.43 (m, 5H), 6.50 (s, 1H), 6.79 (s, 1H), 3.78(s, 2H), 3.37-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.07-2.97 (m, 2H), 2.25-2.13 (m, 2H),1.86-1.63 (m, 3H), 1.48-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 453 (M+H)⁺.

Example 244-amino-5-chloro-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.34 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 1H), 7.87 (dd, J=2.9, 6.4 Hz,2H), 7.52-7.47 (m, 3H), 7.09 (s, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H), 6.68-6.59 (br s,2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.70 (s, 2H), 3.28-3.09 (m, 2H), 2.87 (d,J=11.1 Hz, 1H), 2.03 (t, J=10.7 Hz, 2H), 1.62 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 2H),1.57-1.48 (m, 1H), 1.34-1.17 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 470 (M+H)⁺.

Example 254-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.36 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 1H), 7.87 (dd, J=2.9, 6.5 Hz,2H), 7.61-7.44 (m, 3H), 6.94 (s, 1H), 6.64-6.58 (br s, 2H), 4.31 (q,J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 3.10 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.88 (d, J=11.5 Hz,2H), 2.04 (t, J=10.6 Hz, 2H), 1.69 (d, J=10.9 Hz, 2H), 1.55-1.45 (m,1H), 1.31-1.21 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 504 (M+H)⁺.

Example 264-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.76 (m, 3H), 7.50-7.41 (m, 3H), 7.19 (s, 1H),6.48 (s, 1H), 5.11 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.74 (s, 2H),3.38-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.02-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.19-2.09 (m, 2H), 1.80-1.70 (m,2H), 1.66-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.34 (m, 5H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 461 (M+H)⁺.

Example 275-chloro-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide

A mixture of 5-chloropicolinic acid (43 mg) andN-cyclohexylcarbodiimide-N′-propyloxymethyl polystyrene resin(PS-Carbodiimide: Argonaut Technologies catalog number 80,037-1; 354 mg)in dichloroethane (4 mL) was shaken for 45 minutes. The reaction wasshaken for 45 minutes more after the addition of N,N-dimethylformamide(0.1 mL). The compound prepared in Example 9 (50 mg) was added and themixture was shaken overnight. Benzaldehyde polystyrene resin(PS-benzaldehyde: Argonaut Technologies catalog number 80,036-2; 184 mg)was then added and the reaction was shaken for 3.5 hours. Macroporoustriethylammonium methylpolystyrene carbonate (MP-carbonate: ArgonautTechnologies catalog number 80,026-9; 202 mg) was added and the reactionwas shaken for 1.5 hours more. The mixture was then filtered andconcentrated to obtain the title compound (30 mg) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.50-8.47 (m, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 8.03-7.97(m, 1H), 7.84-7.77 (m, 3H), 7.49-7.42 (m, 3H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 3.73 (s,2H), 3.38 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.04-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.20-2.10 (m, 2H),1.83-1.74 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.50-1.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 411 (M+H)⁺.

Example 283,4-dichloro-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 27, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 5-chloropicolinic acid, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.87 (m, 1H), 7.84-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.62-7.55 (m, 1H),7.52-7.41 (m, 4H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 6.33-6.26 (m, 1H), 3.73 (s, 2H),3.38-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.03-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.20-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.82-1.70 (m,2H), 1.69-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.46-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 444 (M+H)⁺.

Example 293,5-dichloro-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 27, using thecorresponding acid instead of 5-chloropicolinic acid, the title compound(40 mg) having the following physical data was obtained.

¹HNMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.83-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.62-7.61 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.43 (m,4H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 6.16-6.10 (m, 1H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.36 (t, J=6.4 Hz,2H), 3.02-2.97 (m, 2H), 2.18-2.11 (m, 2H), 1.80-1.73 (m, 2H), 1.68-1.60(m, 1H), 1.46-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 444 (M+H)⁺.

Example 305-chloro-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 27, using thecorresponding acid instead of 5-chloropicolinic acid, the title compound(45 mg) having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.83-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.43 (m, 3H), 7.24 (d, J=3.9Hz, 1H), 6.88 (d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 6.05-5.98 (m, 1H), 3.73(s, 2H), 3.31 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.17-2.09 (m, 2H),1.78-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 416 (M+H)⁺.

Example 312-methyl-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,3-benzothiazole-6-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 27, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 5-chloropicolinic acid, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.27 (s, 1H), 7.91-7.85 (m, 1H), 7.84-7.77 (m, 3H),7.48-7.41 (m, 3H), 6.50 (s, 1H), 6.30-6.22 (m, 1H), 3.74 (s, 2H),3.45-3.37 (m, 2H), 3.04-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.86 (s, 3H), 2.21-2.10 (m, 2H),1.84-1.75 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.49-1.37 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 447 (M+H)⁺.

Example 324-fluoro-N-({1-1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 27, using thecorresponding acid instead of 5-chloropicolinic acid, the title compound(25 mg) having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.83-7.73 (m, 4H), 7.48-7.42 (m, 3H), 7.10 (t, J=8.6Hz, 2H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 6.20-6.10 (m, 1H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.36 (t, J=6.3Hz, 2H), 3.03-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.20-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.82-1.73 (m, 2H),1.71-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 394 (M+H)⁺.

Example 33N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-(3-pyridinyl)-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 27, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid instead of 5-chloropicolinic acid, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.21-9.17 (m, 1H), 8.73-8.68 (m, 1H), 8.26-8.19 (m,1H), 8.18-8.16 (m, 1H), 7.83-7.77 (m, 2H), 7.55-7.38 (m, 5H), 6.49 (s,1H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.45-3.48 (m, 2H), 3.04-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.22-2.11 (m,2H), 1.86-1.77 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.52-1.38 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 460 (M+H)⁺.

Example 344-cyano-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 27, using thecorresponding carboxylic acid (prepared according to the reportedpreparation in WO 2005/105802) instead of 5-chloropicolinic acid, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.77 (m, 2H), 7.63-7.58 (m, 1H), 7.51-7.41 (m,4H), 7.24-7.20 (m, 1H), 6.48 (s, 1H), 6.26-6.13 (m, 1H), 3.99 (s, 3H),3.74 (s, 2H), 3.42-3.34 (m, 2H), 3.04-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.20-2.10 (m, 2H),1.81-1.72 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.60 (m, 1H), 1.49-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 431 (M+H)⁺.

Example 354-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(4-phenyl-2-thienyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

A mixture of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde (0.074 g) and the compoundprepared in Example 11 (0.075 g) and acetic acid (0.023 mL) inacetonitrile (1 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes.Tetramethylammonium triacetoxyborohydride (0.156 g) was added and thereaction was stirred for 18 hours. The mixture was partitioned between asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and ethyl acetate. Theorganic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=9:1) to obtain the title compound(0.066 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.63-7.08 (m, 10H), 6.15 (s, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.74(s, 2H), 3.37 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.00 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 2.05 (t,J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 1.76-1.25 (m, 5H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 455 (M+H)⁺.

Example 364-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-5-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.96-7.85 (m, 2H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.55-7.31 (m, 6H),3.94 (s, 3H), 3.82 (s, 2H), 3.40-3.22 (m, 2H), 3.00 (d, J=11.4 Hz, 2H),2.11 (t, J=10.9 Hz, 2H), 1.78 (d, J=13.5 Hz, 2H), 1.74-1.62 (m, 1H),1.45-1.29 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 456 (M+H)⁺.

Example 374-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.18 (s, 1H), 7.74-7.69 (m, 3H), 7.52-7.31 (m, 6H),3.94 (s, 3H), 3.59 (s, 2H), 3.34-3.27 (m, 2H), 3.04 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H),2.13 (t, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 1.78 (d, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 1.74-1.64 (m, 1H),1.46-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 439 (M+H)⁺.

Example 384-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.83 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 7.55-7.30 (m, 5H), 6.79 (s,1H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.38-3.20 (m, 2H), 3.00 (d, J=11.6 Hz,2H), 2.18 (t, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 1.78 (d, J=11.9 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.62 (m,1H), 1.38 (dd, J=12.3, 3.4 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 474 (M+H)⁺.

Example 394-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(3-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.87 (s, 1H), 7.78-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.54-7.31 (m, 5H),6.82 (s, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.38-3.20 (m, 2H), 3.00 (d,J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 2.18 (t, J=2.1 Hz, 2H), 1.77 (d, J=11.3 Hz, 2H),1.69-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 474 (M+H)⁺.

Example 404-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.67 (dd, J=1.8, 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.74-7.31 (m, 6H), 6.78(s, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.38-3.20 (m, 2H), 3.01 (d, J=11.6Hz, 2H), 2.19 (t, J=2.1 Hz, 2H), 1.77 (d, J=11.3 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.62 (m,1H), 1.48-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 474 (M+H)⁺.

Example 414-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(5-phenyl-2-thienyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.61-7.54 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.45 (m, 1H), 7.42-7.32 (m,3H), 7.18-7.11 (m, 2H), 6.88-6.84 (m, 1H), 6.19-6.11 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s,3H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 3.40-3.33 (m, 2H), 3.05-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.09-1.99 (m,2H), 1.80-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.69-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 455 (M+H)⁺.

Example 424-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(5-methyl-4-phenyl-2-thienyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.55-7.48 (m, 1H), 7.44-7.21 (m, 7H), 6.90 (s, 1H),3.94 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.38-3.20 (m, 2H), 3.01 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H),2.44 (s, 3H), 2.09 (t, J=11.1 Hz, 2H), 1.77 (d, J=12.3 Hz, 2H),1.69-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.48-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 469 (M+H)⁺.

Example 434-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,3-thiazol-5-yl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.88-7.82 (m, 2H), 7.61 (s, 1H), 7.47 (s, 1H),7.43-7.36 (m, 3H), 7.17-7.11 (m, 1H), 6.18-6.12 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H),3.74 (s, 2H), 3.40-3.33 (m, 2H), 3.00-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.11-2.00 (m, 2H),1.80-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.70-1.60 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 490 (M+H)⁺.

Example 444-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.56 (dd, J=5.4, 8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.54-7.29 (m, 3H), 7.21(t, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 6.79 (s, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.38-3.20(m, 2H), 3.07 (d, J=11.3 Hz, 2H), 2.09 (t, J=11.1 Hz, 2H), 1.77 (d,J=12.3 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.48-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 458 (M+H)⁺.

Example 454-chloro-N-[(1-{[2-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-thiazol-5-yl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.21-8.16 (m, 1H), 7.71 (s, 1H), 7.52-7.45 (m, 2H),7.43-7.30 (m, 3H), 7.17-7.11 (m, 1H), 6.19-6.12 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H),3.80 (s, 2H), 3.40-3.33 (m, 2H), 3.03-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.12-2.02 (m, 2H),1.80-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.70-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.46-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 490 (M+H)⁺.

Example 464-chloro-3-methoxy-N-[(1-{[5-(2-pyridinyl)-2-thienyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.45 (d, J=4.9 Hz, 1H), 7.85-7.67 (m, 2H), 7.60-7.29(m, 4H), 7.22 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 6.98 (d, J=3.6 Hz, 1H), 3.93 (s, 3H),3.74 (s, 2H), 3.27 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 3.00 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 2.09 (t,J=10.9 Hz, 2H), 1.76 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 456 (M+H)⁺.

Example 47N-{[1-(4-biphenylylmethyl)-4-piperidinyl]methyl}-4-chloro-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.62-7.51 (m, 4H), 7.49-7.30 (m, 7H), 7.17-7.10 (m,1H), 6.19-6.10 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.54 (s, 2H), 3.40-3.33 (m, 2H),3.00-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.05-1.95 (m, 2H), 1.78-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.69-1.60 (m,1H), 1.44-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 449 (M+H)⁺.

Example 484-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[4-(1-pyrrolidinyl)benzyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.48-7.44 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.36 (m, 1H), 7.17-7.10 (m,3H), 6.55-6.48 (m, 2H), 6.16-6.09 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.41 (s, 2H),3.38-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.29-3.23 (m, 4H), 2.96-2.87 (m, 2H), 2.02-1.87 (m,6H), 1.75-1.66 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.51 (m, 1H), 1.42-1.29 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 442 (M+H)⁺.

Example 494-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(4-phenyl-2-furyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.56 (t, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (s, 1H), 7.60-7.54 (m,3H), 7.51 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.46-7.42 (m, 1H), 7.39-7.34 (m, 2H),7.27-7.21 (m, 1H), 6.74 (s, 1H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 3.48 (s, 2H), 3.17-3.11(m, 2H), 2.88-2.80 (m, 2H), 1.99-1.90 (m, 2H), 1.69-1.61 (m, 2H),1.58-1.47 (m, 1H), 1.24-1.12 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 439 (M+H)⁺.

Example 504-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

2-(Chloromethyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (31 mg, prepared according tothe reported preparation in Natero, R.; et al. Synth. Commun. 2004, 34,2523) was added to a solution of the compound prepared in Example 11 (60mg) and diisopropylethylamine (0.083 mL) in N,N-dimethylformamide (0.8mL). The solution was heated to 100° C. overnight. The reaction wascooled to room temperature, diluted with ethyl acetate and washed twicewith a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic phasewas dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residuewas purified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethylacetate:hexane=1:1, then ethyl acetate) to obtain the title compound (36mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.10-8.04 (m, 2H), 7.57-7.44 (m, 4H), 7.41-7.36 (m,1H), 7.18-7.11 (m, 1H), 6.20-6.11 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.74 (s, 2H),3.41-3.34 (m, 2H), 3.08-2.99 (m, 2H), 2.30-2.19 (m, 2H), 1.83-1.73 (m,2H), 1.69-1.60 (m, 1H), 1.49-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 441 (M+H)⁺.

Example 514-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 50, using5-(chloromethyl)-3-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole instead of2-(chloromethyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.18-8.12 (m, 2H), 7.70-7.63 (m, 1H), 7.62-7.55 (m,2H), 7.52-7.47 (m, 1H), 7.46-7.40 (m, 1H), 7.39-7.34 (m, 1H), 3.94 (s,3H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.34-3.24 (m, 2H), 3.11-3.02 (m, 2H), 2.30-2.19 (m,2H), 1.83-1.74 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.63 (m, 1H), 1.46-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 441 (M+H)⁺.

Example 524-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 50, using4-(chloromethyl)-2-phenylthiazole instead of2-(chloromethyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.97-7.92 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.36 (m, 5H), 7.18-7.11 (m,2H), 6.19-6.12 (m, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.40-3.33 (m, 2H),3.10-3.02 (m, 2H), 2.18-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.80-1.72 (m, 2H), 1.70-1.55 (m,1H), 1.50-1.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 456 (M+H)⁺.

Example 534-chloro-N-[(1-{[3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 50, using5-(chloromethyl)-3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)isoxazole instead of2-(chloromethyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.57-8.50 (m, 1H), 7.68-7.62 (m, 2H), 7.60-7.40 (m,4H), 6.61 (s, 1H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.19-3.13 (m, 2H),2.91-2.83 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.64 (m, 2H), 1.59-1.47 (m,1H), 1.29-1.16 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 508 (M+H)⁺.

Example 542-chloro-5-{[({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)amino]carbonyl}phenylEthyl Carbonate

Ethyl chloroformate (0.029 mL) was added to a 0° C. solution of4-chloro-3-hydroxybenzoic acid (50 mg) and 4-methylmorpholine (0.092 L)in dichloromethane (2 mL). The reaction was stirred for two hours andthen was treated with the compound prepared in Example 9 (79 mg). Thereaction was stirred overnight, then diluted with ethyl acetate andwashed twice with a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. Theorganic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:9, then methanol: concentratedaqueous ammonia: ethyl acetate=2:3:95) to obtain the title compound (60mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.77 (m, 2H), 7.66-7.57 (m, 2H), 7.55-7.41 (m,4H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 6.21-6.11 (m, 1H), 4.40-4.32 (m, 2H), 3.74 (s, 2H),3.39-3.20 (m, 2H), 3.03-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.18-2.09 (m, 2H), 1.81-1.71 (m,2H), 1.68-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.36 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 498 (M+H)⁺.

Example 554-chloro-3-hydroxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

Aqueous 1 N sodium hydroxide (0.105 mL) was added to a room temperaturesolution of the compound prepared in Example 54 (35 mg) intetrahydrofuran (1 mL). The mixture was stirred for two hours and wasthen adjusted to pH 7 via the addition of aqueous 3% hydrochloric acid.The mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate three times. Theorganic phases were combined, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated to obtain the title compound (10 mg) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.36 (m, 7H), 6.50 (s, 1H),6.18-6.09 (m, 1H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.39-3.33 (m, 2H), 3.05-2.95 (m, 2H),2.21-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.81-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.69-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.48-1.35 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 426 (M+H)⁺.

Example 564-chloro-3-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

2-Bromoethanol (0.012 mL) was added to a mixture of the compoundprepared in Example 55 (50 mg) and potassium carbonate (49 mg) inN,N-dimethylformamide (0.8 mL). The mixture was stirred at roomtemperature overnight, then 50° C. for six hours. The reaction wascooled to room temperature and was adjusted to pH 7 via the addition ofaqueous 3% hydrochloric acid. The mixture was extracted twice with ethylacetate and the organic phases were combined, dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (methanol: ethyl acetate=1:19) to obtainthe title compound (10 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.77 (m, 2H), 7.51-7.38 (m, 5H), 7.22-7.15 (m,1H), 6.50 (s, 1H), 6.24-6.17 (m, 1H), 4.26-4.18 (m, 2H), 4.06-3.98 (m,2H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.41-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.05-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.19-2.09 (m,2H), 1.81-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.68-1.55 (m, 2H), 1.47-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 470 (M+H)⁺.

Example 57 Ethyl{1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}acetate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 7 (500 mg), ethyl2-(piperidin-4-yl)acetate (494 mg) and acetic acid (0.33 mL) inacetonitrile (15 mL) was stirred for 30 minutes at room temperature.Tetramethylammonium triacetoxyborohydride (2.28 g) was added and thereaction was stirred overnight. The reaction was poured into a saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and was extracted three times withethyl acetate. The organic phases were combined, dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and concentrated to obtain the title compound (675 mg)having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.86-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.50-7.40 (m, 3H), 6.49 (s, 1H),4.12 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 1H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.00-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.27-2.11 (m,4H), 2.09-2.01 (m, 1H), 1.86-1.67 (m, 3H), 1.44-1.30 (m, 2H), 1.29-1.20(m, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 329 (M+H)⁺.

Example 58 {1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}acetic AcidHydrochloride

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 57 (600 mg) intrifluoroacetic acid (2 mL)-aqueous 18% hydrochloric acid (4 mL) wasrefluxed for two hours. The reaction was cooled to room temperature andconcentrated to obtain the title compound (699 mg) having the followingphysical data. ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 11.26-11.11 (m, 1H), 7.94-7.85 (m,2H), 7.61-7.50 (m, 3H), 7.37 (s, 1H), 4.56 (s, 2H), 3.51-3.39 (m, 2H),3.12-2.97 (m, 2H), 2.23-2.15 (m, 2H), 1.99-1.82 (m, 3H), 1.65-1.49 (m,2H).

Example 59 {1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}acetylChloride Hydrochloride

Oxalyl chloride (0.24 mL) was added dropwise to a 0° C. solution of thecompound prepared in Example 58 (615 mg) in dichloromethane (8 mL). Thereaction was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and thenconcentrated to obtain the title compound (600 mg) having the followingphysical data. ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.92-7.81 (m, 2H), 7.62-7.48 (m, 3H),7.38 (s, 1H), 4.59 (s, 2H), 3.50-3.36 (m, 2H), 3.12-2.97 (m, 2H),2.22-2.09 (m, 2H), 1.99-1.79 (m, 3H), 1.67-1.50 (m, 2H).

Example 60N-(4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-2-pyridinyl)-2-{1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}acetamide

A mixture of the compound prepared in Example 59 (100 mg) and4,6-diamino-2-ethoxynicotinonitrile (50 mg, prepared according to thepreparation reported in Szczepankiewicz, B. G.; et al. J. Med. Chem.2006, 49, 3563 and references therein) in pyridine (1.5 mL) was heatedto 50° C. overnight and then 80° C. for six days. The mixture was cooledto room temperature, diluted with ethyl acetate and washed twice with asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic phase wasdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue waspurified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethylacetate:hexane=4:1) to obtain the title compound (18 mg) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.50-7.41 (m, 4H), 7.24 (s, 1H),6.48 (s, 1H), 4.91-4.84 (m, 2H), 4.32 (q, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 3.77-3.71 (m,2H), 3.00-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.30-2.27 (m, 2H), 2.23-2.12 (m, 2H), 1.96-1.84(m, 1H), 1.84-1.74 (m, 2H), 1.42-1.33 (m, 5H).

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 461 (M+H)⁺.

Example 61 Tert-butyl4-[(6-chloro-1-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-isoquinolinyl)methyl]-1-piperidinecarboxylate

A room temperature solution of 6-chloro-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one(0.100 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (3 mL) was treated with sodiumhydride (95% dispersion in mineral oil, 0.028 g) and stirred for 20minutes. tert-Butyl 4-(bromomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (0.184 g)was added and the reaction was stirred at 40° C. overnight. The mixturewas diluted with diethyl ether and washed sequentially with water, 1 Nhydrochloric acid, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution andbrine. The organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (dichloromethane: methanol=47:3) to obtain the title compound(0.188 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.00 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.31 (dd, J=8.3, 1.9 Hz, 1H),7.18 (s, 1H), 3.57 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 1H), 3.44 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 3.30 (d,J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 2.98 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 1H), 2.72-2.62 (m, 2H), 2.28-2.18 (m,2H), 1.83-1.73 (m, 2H), 1.68 (d, J=12.3 Hz, 1H), 1.46 (s, 9H), 1.22 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 379 (M+H)⁺.

Example 626-chloro-2-(4-piperidinylmethyl)-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-isoquinolinoneTrifluoroacetate

According to the same procedure described in Example 11, using thecompound prepared in Example 61 instead of the compound prepared inExample 10, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.44-8.21 (m, 1H), 7.84 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.49-7.35(m, 2H), 3.52 (d, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 3.45 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 3.16-3.12 (m,2H), 2.87-2.81 (m, 2H), 2.36 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 2.06-1.81 (m, 3H),1.50-1.19 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 279 (M+H)⁺.

Example 636-chloro-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-isoquinolinone

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound prepared in Example 62 instead of the compound prepared inExample 11 and the compound prepared in Example 7 instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.86-7.79 (m, 3H), 7.36-7.25 (m, 5H), 6.78 (s, 1H),3.78-3.72 (m, 2H), 3.61 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 3.46 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 2H),3.31-3.25 (m, 2H), 3.01 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 2.19 (t, J=10.8 Hz, 2H),1.78-1.81 (m, 3H), 1.42-1.28 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 436 (M+H)⁺.

Example 64 {1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methanol

Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (12.2 g) was added portionwise to a roomtemperature mixture of the compound prepared in Example 7 (5.00 g) andpiperidin-4-ylmethanol (4.99 g) in dichloromethane (150 mL). Thereaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reactionmixture was diluted with dichloromethane and washed sequentially with asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and brine. The organicswere dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to obtainthe crude title compound (8.05 g), which was used without furtherpurification having the following physical data.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 273 (M+H)⁺.

Example 65 {1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl4-methylbenzenesulfonate

Triethylamine (12.1 mL) and p-toluene sulfonylchloride (6.61 g) wereadded sequentially to a room temperature mixture of the compoundprepared in Example 64 (7.86 g) in dichloromethane (100 mL). Thereaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reactionmixture was diluted with dichloromethane and washed sequentially with asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and brine. The combinedorganics were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated.The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel toobtain the title compound (1.52 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.82-7.75 (m, 4H), 7.48-7.42 (m, 3H), 7.37-7.31 (m,2H), 6.47 (s, 1H), 3.86 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 3.70 (s, 2H), 2.98-2.89 (m,2H), 2.45 (s, 3H), 2.14-2.15 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.64 (m, 3H), 1.35-1.22 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 427 (M+H)⁺.

Example 664-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-isoquinolinone

According to the same procedure described in Example 61, using thecompound prepared in Example 65 instead of tert-butyl4-(bromomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate and4-phenyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one (prepared according to thereported preparation in Davies, R. V.; et al. J. Chem. Soc. PerkinTrans. 1 1978, 180) instead of6-chloro-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.04 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 1H), 7.82-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.45-7.04(m, 11H), 6.75 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 1H), 4.35 (d, J=4.3 Hz, 2H), 3.95 (t,J=11.5 Hz, 1H), 3.73-3.62 (m, 2H), 3.12-3.06 (m, 2H), 2.81-2.67 (m, 2H),2.18-1.84 (m, 3H), 1.43-1.22 (m, 4H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 478 (M+H)⁺.

Example 674-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)carbonyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide

A solution of 3-phenylisoxazole-5-carboxylic acid (0.075 g) indichloromethane (1.6 mL) was treated with1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.084 g),1-hyroxybenzotriazole hydrate (0.067 g) and diisopropylethylamine (0.21mL) and stirred for five minutes. The product prepared in Example 11(0.17 g) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperatureovernight. The mixture was partitioned between 1 N hydrochloric acid anddichloromethane. The organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane: methanol=9:1) to obtainthe title compound (0.077 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.63 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 1H), 7.92 (dd, J=1.9, 7.6 Hz,2H), 7.63-7.42 (m, 5H), 7.27 (s, 1H), 4.49 (d, J=12.8 Hz, 1H), 3.97 (d,J=13.3 Hz, 1H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 3.20 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.13 (t, J=12.2Hz, 1H), 2.85 (t, J=11.3 Hz, 1H), 1.99-1.72 (m, 3H), 1.24-1.15 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 454 (M+H)⁺.

Example 68N-{[1-(4-biphenylylsulfonyl)-4-piperidinyl]methyl}-4-chloro-3-methoxybenzamide

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 11 (0.050 g) andbiphenylyl-4-sulfonyl chloride (0.033 g) in dichloromethane (0.7 mL) wastreated with triethylamine (0.092 mL). The mixture was stirred at roomtemperature overnight and then was washed with 1 N hydrochloric acid.The organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was triturated with diethyl ether to obtainthe title compound (0.039 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.57 (t, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 7.93 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.80(d, J=7.8, 2H), 7.75 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.58-7.37 (m, 6H), 3.89 (s, 3H),3.67 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 3.13 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 2.29 (t, J=11.3 Hz,2H), 1.74 (d, J=12.4 Hz, 2H), 1.58-1.49 (m, 1H), 1.23 (d, J=9.4 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 499 (M+H)⁺.

Example 69N-{[1-(3-biphenylylsulfonyl)-4-piperidinyl]methyl}-4-chloro-3-methoxybenzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 68, using thecorresponding sulfonyl chloride instead of biphenylyl-4-sulfonylchloride, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.61-8.52 (m, 1H), 8.07-7.51 (m, 12H), 3.90 (s, 3H),3.78-3.64 (m, 2H), 3.19-3.07 (m, 2H), 2.34-2.25 (m, 2H), 1.82-1.70 (m,2H), 1.55-1.51 (m, 1H), 1.29-1.21 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 499 (M+H)⁺.

Example 704-chloro-3-methoxy-N-[1-{[6-(4-morpholinyl)-3-pyridinyl]sulfonyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 68, using thecorresponding sulfonyl chloride instead of biphenylyl-4-sulfonylchloride, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.57 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 8.37 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.75(dd, J=2.4, 9.1 Hz, 1H), 7.58-7.36 (m, 3H), 6.95 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 3.91(s, 3H), 3.63-3.53 (m, 8H), 3.36-3.23 (m, 2H), 3.13 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H),2.22 (t, J=10.9 Hz, 2H), 1.80-1.65 (m, 3H), 1.31-1.03 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 509 (M+H)⁺.

Example 714-chloro-3-methoxy-N-[(1-{[5-(2-pyridinyl)-2-thienyl]sulfonyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]benzamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 68, using thecorresponding sulfonyl chloride instead of biphenylyl-4-sulfonylchloride, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹HNMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.63-8.54 (m, 2H), 8.13-7.35 (m, 8H), 3.89 (s, 3H),3.72-3.59 (m, 2H), 3.55-3.41 (m, 2H), 3.21-3.09 (m, 2H), 1.85-1.55 (m,3H), 1.31-1.22 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 506 (M+H)⁺.

Example 72N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-5-(1-trityl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-1H-indazol-3-amine

3-Bromo-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-5-(1-trityl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-1H-indazole(0.25 g, prepared according to the reported preparation in US2004/0127536), the compound prepared in Example 9 (0.29 g),racemic-2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl (0.040 g), andsodium tert-butoxide (0.20 g) were suspended in toluene (6 mL) andpurged with argon. Tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (0.019 g)was added and the system was sealed and heated at 100° C. overnight. Thereaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and partitioned betweendichloromethane and a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. Theorganics were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated.The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel toobtain the title compound (0.13 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.25 (s, 1H), 8.13-8.08 (m, 1H), 7.92 (s, 1H),7.84-7.79 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.43 (m, 3H), 7.38-7.32 (m, 10H), 7.24-7.19 (m,6H), 6.50 (s, 1H), 5.52-5.46 (m, 1H), 4.08-4.02 (m, 2H), 3.75-3.66 (m,3H), 3.44-3.28 (m, 1H), 3.03-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.57-2.54 (m, 1H), 2.19-2.07(m, 3H), 2.00-1.92 (m, 1H), 1.90-1.81 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.64 (m, 3H),1.64-1.58 (m 1H), 1.49-1.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 781 (M+H)⁺.

Example 73N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-5-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-1H-indazol-3-amine

The compound prepared in Example 72 (0.13 g) was suspended in a mixtureof tetrahydrofuran (6 mL), methanol (6 mL), water (1.5 mL) andconcentrated hydrochloric acid (1.5 mL) and heated at reflux overnight.The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and extracted into ethylacetate. The organics were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel to obtain the title compound (0.040 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 13.90 (s, 1H), 11.62 (s, 1H), 11.42 (s, 1H),8.51-8.46 (m, 1H), 7.98-7.77 (m, 3H), 7.55-7.47 (m, 3H), 7.36-7.22 (m,1H), 6.95 (s, 1H), 6.26-6.18 (m, 1H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 3.19-3.11 (m, 2H),2.95-2.86 (m, 2H), 2.06 (t, J=10.7 Hz, 2H), 1.84-1.76 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.64(m, 1H), 1.35-1.20 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 455 (M+H)⁺.

Example 74 (2E)-3-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)acryloyl Azide

Diphenylphosphoryl azide (3.00 mL) was added 2,3-dichlorocinnamic acid(3.00 g) to a room temperature suspension in benzene (20 mL) andtriethylamine (2.50 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at roomtemperature overnight and then concentrated. The residue was purified bycolumn chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:9) to obtainthe title compound (1.77 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.16 (d, J=15.9 Hz, 1H), 7.52 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 2H),7.28-7.22 (m, 1H), 6.41 (d, J=15.9 Hz, 1H).

Example 75 5,6-dichloro-1(2H)-isoquinolinone

The compound prepared in Example 74 (1.00 g) was suspended indiphenylmethane (5 mL) and slowly heated to 250° C. The reaction mixturewas cooled to room temperature and purified by column chromatography onsilica gel to obtain the title compound (0.070 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 11.66 (s, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.70 (d, J=8.6Hz, 1H), 7.44-7.38 (m, 1H), 6.73 (d, J=7.3 Hz).

Example 76 Tert-butyl4-[(5,6-dichloro-1-oxo-2(1H)-isoquinolinyl)methyl]-1-piperidinecarboxylate

Sodium hydride (95% dispersion in mineral oil, 0.026 g) was added to aroom temperature suspension of the compound prepared in Example 75 (0.07g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred atroom temperature for one hour and then tert-butyl4-(bromomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (0.14 g) added to the system.The reaction mixture was heated at 80° C. overnight, then cooled to roomtemperature, diluted with ethyl acetate and washed sequentially with asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, water and brine. Theorganics were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated.The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethylacetate:hexane=3:7) to obtain the title compound (0.05 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.28 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.53 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.12(d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 6.86 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 4.23-4.03 (m, 2H), 3.96-3.77(m, 2H), 2.75-2.59 (m 2H), 2.15-2.05 (m, 1H), 1.72-1.59 (m, 2H),1.48-1.40 (m, 11H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 311 (M-tert-butoxylcarbonyl+H)⁺.

Example 77 5,6-dichloro-2-(4-piperidinylmethyl)-1(2H)-isoquinolinoneHydrochloride

The compound prepared in Example 76 (0.05 g) was suspended in1,4-dioxane (4 mL), hydrochloric acid (4 mol/L solution in 1,4-dioxane,0.88 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at roomtemperature overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated to obtainthe title compound (0.04 g) having the following physical data.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 311 (M+H)⁺.

Example 785,6-dichloro-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1(2H)-isoquinolinone

The compound prepared in Example 77 (0.041 g), the compound prepared inExample 7 (0.026 g) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.074 g) weresuspended in dichloromethane (5 mL) and diisopropylethylamine (0.10 mL).The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. Thereaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane and washed with asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=3:1) to obtain thetitle compound (0.029 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.28 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.82-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.52 (d,J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.48-7.41 (m, 3H), 7.13 (d, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 6.84 (d, J=7.7Hz, 1H), 6.47 (s, 1H), 3.88 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.72 (s, 2H), 3.01-2.94(m, 2H), 2.16-2.06 (m, 2H), 1.98-1.87 (m, 1H), 1.74-1.66 (m, 2H),1.50-1.38 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 468 (M+H)⁺.

Example 796-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,6-dihydro-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-7-one

According to the same procedures described in Examples 76→77→78, usingthe corresponding fused pyridinone instead of5,6-dichloroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.96 (s, 1H), 7.84-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.41 (m, 3H),7.25-7.21 (m, 1H), 6.85 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 1H), 6.52 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 1H), 6.78(s, 1H), 6.39-6.35 (m, 1H), 3.93 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.72 (s, 2H),3.02-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.16-2.06 (m, 2H), 1.99-1.87 (m, 1H), 1.75-1.65 (m,2H), 1.52-1.38 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 389 (M+H)⁺.

Example 802-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1(2H)-isoquinolinone

According to the same procedures described in Examples 76→77→78, usingthe corresponding fused pyridinone instead of5,6-dichloroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.42 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.81-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.65-7.61(m, 1H), 7.51-7.43 (m, 5H), 7.00 (d, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 6.48-6.46 (m, 2H),3.88 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 2.99-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.14-2.07 (m,2H), 2.00-1.90 (m, 1H), 1.74-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.49-1.39 (m, 2H).

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 400 (M+H)⁺.

Example 81 4-chloro-7-hydrazino-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine

To 4,7-dichloro-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine (25.5 g, Desimoni,G.; Et al. Tetrahedron 1967, 23, 681) in 1,4-dioxane (200 mL) andethanol (50 mL) at 0° C. was added hydrazine (7.0 g) slowly.

The reaction mixture was allowed to slowly warm to room temperature.After 20 hours, the reaction mixture was concentrated and the solidobtained was washed with water and filtered. The material was purifiedby column chromatography on silica gel (methanol: dichloromethane=5:95)to afford first the regioisomer of the title compound followed by thelater eluting title compound (4.50 g) having the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.33 (br s, 1H), 7.80 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 7.66-7.58(m, 3H), 4.72 (br s, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 262 (M+H)⁺.

Example 82 4-chloro-3-phenylisoxazolo[4.5-d]pyridazine

The compound prepared in Example 81 (4.40 g) was dissolved in benzene(500 mL)-ethanol (50 mL) and 1 mol/L aqueous sodium hydroxide (67.0 mL)was added. This mixture was cooled to 0° C. Oxygen was bubbled throughthe vigorously stirred mixture for 30 minutes. The mixture was separatedand the aqueous portion was extracted with dichloromethane. The combinedorganics were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfateand concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1) to obtain the title compound (2.53g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.71 (s, 1H), 7.83-7.80 (m, 2H), 7.67-7.57 (m, 3H).

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 232 (M+H)⁺.

Example 83 Tert-butyl4-{[(3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-yl)amino]methyl}-1-piperidinecarboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 82 (202 mg), tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (0.266 g) and triethylamine(0.607 mL) were combined in ethanol (1.5 mL) and heated at 80° C. for 17hours. The reaction mixture cooled to room temperature, diluted with asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and extracted with ethylacetate. The combined organics were dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:1 to 2:1) to obtainthe title compound (316 mg) having the following physical data.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 432 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 843-phenyl-N-(4-piperidinylmethyl)isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amineHydrochloride

According to the same procedure described in Example 77, using thecompound obtained in Example 83 instead of the compound prepared inExample 76, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.34 (s, 1H), 8.73 (br s, 1H), 8.54 (br s, 1H),7.81-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.71-7.64 (m, 3H), 6.70 (br s, 1H), 3.49 (t, J=6.7Hz, 2H), 3.31-3.25 (m, 2H), 2.84 (br q, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 2.00 (m, 1 H),1.90-1.83 (m, 2H), 1.45-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 310 (M+H)⁺.

Example 853-phenyl-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound obtained in Example 84 instead of the compound obtained inExample 11 and the aldehyde obtained in Example 7 instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.14 (s, 1H), 7.82-7.80 (m, 2H), 7.72-7.70 (m, 2H),7.66-7.61 (m, 3H), 7.48-7.44 (m, 3H), 6.49 (s, 1H), 4.97 (br t, J=5.1Hz, 1H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.58 (t, J=5.9 Hz, 2H), 2.99-2.94 (m, 2H),2.15-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.64 (m, 3H), 1.40-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 467 (M+H)⁺.

Example 86N-[(1-{[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound obtained in Example 84 instead of the compound obtained inExample 11 and 3-(4-chlorophenyl)isoxazole-5-carbaldehyde instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.14 (s, 1H), 7.76-7.69 (m, 4H), 7.67-7.61 (m, 3H),7.45-7.42 (m, 2H), 6.46 (s, 1H), 4.97 (br t, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 3.72 (s,2H), 3.58 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.15-2.08 (m, 2H),1.73-1.67 (m, 3H), 1.40-1.29 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 523 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 87N-[(1-{[3-(3-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound obtained in Example 84 instead of the compound obtained inExample 11 and 3-(3-chlorophenyl)isoxazole-5-carbaldehyde instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.14 (s, 1H), 7.80 (m, 1H), 7.72-7.68 (m, 3H),7.67-7.61 (m, 3H), 7.44-7.38 (m, 2H), 6.48 (s, 1H), 4.97 (br t, J=5.1Hz, 1H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.58 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.93 (m, 2H),2.15-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.65 (m, 3H), 1.40-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 501 (M+H)⁺.

Example 88N-[(1-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-amine

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound obtained in Example 84 instead of the compound obtained inExample 11 and 3-(2-chlorophenyl)isoxazole-5-carbaldehyde instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.13 (s, 1H), 7.76-7.69 (m, 3H), 7.68-7.61 (m, 3H),7.49 (m, 1H), 7.42-7.34 (m, 2H), 6.64 (s, 1H), 4.98 (br t, J=5.5 Hz,1H), 3.76 (s, 2H), 3.58 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.00-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.16-2.09(m, 2H), 1.74-1.66 (m, 3H), 1.41-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 523 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 89 3-phenyl-4-(4-piperidinylmethoxy)isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine

To sodium hydride (95% dispersion in mineral oil, 0.043 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (6 mL) at 0° C. was added piperidin-4-ylmethanol(0.206 g). After stirring for 30 minutes, the compound prepared inExample 82 was added. The ice bath was removed and the reaction mixturewas stirred at room temperature for two hours. The reaction mixture wasthen diluted with saturated a sodium bicarbonate solution and extractedwith dichloromethane. The organics were dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (methanol: concentrated aqueous ammonia:dichloromethane=6:1:94) to obtain the title compound (0.20 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.73 (s, 1H), 8.08-8.05 (m, 2H), 7.67-7.58 (m, 3H),4.48 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.97-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.51-2.43 (m, 2H), 2.15 (brs, 1H), 1.91 (m, 1H), 1.67-1.61 (m, 2H), 1.24-1.13 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 311 (M+H)⁺.

Example 904-[(1-{[3-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-isoxazolyl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methoxy]-3-phenylisoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound obtained in Example 89 instead of the compound obtained inExample 11 and 3-(2-chlorophenyl)isoxazole-5-carbaldehyde instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.74 (s, 1H), 8.07-8.03 (m, 2H), 7.74-7.47 (m, 7H),6.83 (s, 1H), 4.54-4.49 (m, 2H), 3.78 (br s, 2H), 3.00-2.87 (m, 2H),2.18-2.06 (m, 2H), 1.91-1.68 (m, 3H), 1.49-1.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 502 (M+H)⁺.

Example 913-phenyl-4-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methoxy)isoxazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound obtained in Example 89 instead of the compound obtained inExample 11 and the compound obtained in Example 7 instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.40 (s, 1H), 8.09-8.06 (m, 2H), 7.83-7.80 (m, 2H),7.60-7.51 (m, 3H), 7.49-7.42 (m, 3H), 6.50 (s, 1H), 4.61 (d, J=6.3 Hz,2H), 3.76 (s, 2H), 3.03-2.99 (m, 2H), 2.22-2.15 (m, 2H), 1.93 (m, 1H),1.85-1.79 (m, 2H), 1.56-1.46 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 468 (M+H)⁺.

Example 92 4-anilino-2-(methylthio)-5-pyrimidinecarboxylic Acid

A solution of ethyl2-(methylthio)-4-(phenylamino)pyrimidine-5-carboxylate (4.0 g, preparedaccording to the reported preparation in Barvian, M.; et al. J. Med.Chem. 2000, 43, 4606) in ethanol (50 mL) was treated with 2 N lithiumhydroxide (50 mL) at room temperature for 16 hours. The reaction mixturewas washed with ether and then brought to pH 6 via the addition of 1 Nhydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was collected byfiltration, azeotroped with toluene and dried under vacuum to obtain thetitle compound (2.2 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 10.62 (br s, 1H), 8.70 (s, 1H), 7.69 (d, J=7.8 Hz,2H), 7.39 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.14 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 2.51 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 262 (M+H)⁺.

Example 93 4-anilino-2-(methylthio)-5-pyrimidinecarboxamide

The compound prepared in Example 92 (2.15 g),1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (1.74 g) and1-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (1.39 g) were combined inN,N-dimethylformamide (20 mL). The mixture was stirred for 2 hours atroom temperature and then concentrated aqueous ammonium hydroxide (15mL) was added slowly. The reaction was stirred for one hour and then wasdiluted with ethyl acetate and sequentially washed with water and brine.The organics were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated to obtain the title compound (2.06 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 11.51 (s, 1H), 8.72 (s, 1H), 8.29 (s, 1H), 7.74 (s,1H), 7.67 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.37 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.11 (t, J=8.0 Hz,1H), 2.49 (s, 3H).

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 261 (M+H)⁺.

Example 944-anilino-2-[({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)amino]-5-pyrimidinecarboxamide

3-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (195 mg) was added to a 0° C. suspension ofthe compound prepared in Example 93 (100 mg) in dichloromethane (4 mL).The reaction was stirred one hour at room temperature.Diisopropylethylamine (0.669 mL) and the compound prepared in Example 9(198 mg) were added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for18 hours. The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and sequentiallywashed with a saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and brine. Theorganics were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residuewas purified by column chromatography on silica gel (concentratedaqueous ammonia: methanol: ethyl acetate=0.1:0.9:25) to obtain the titlecompound (51 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 11.04 (s, 1H), 8.25 (s, 1H), 7.81-7.78 (m, 2H),7.72-7.64 (m, 2H), 7.45-7.43 (m, 3H), 7.30 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.07 (t,J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.48 (s, 1H), 5.56-5.46 (m, 3H), 3.72 (s, 2H), 3.36-3.33(m, 2H), 2.99-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.15-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.80-1.77 (m, 2H),1.73-1.64 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 484 (M+H)⁺.

Example 95 Methyl6-bromo-3-hydroxy-1-oxo-4-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate

Methyl 6-bromo-1-oxo-4-phenyl-1H-isochromene-3-carboxylate (0.319 g,prepared according to the reported preparation in US 2005/0148624) andthe compound prepared in Example 9 (0.458 g) were suspended in methanol(10 mL) and diisopropylethylamine (0.772 mL) was added. Tetrahydrofuran(5 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was heated at 60° C.overnight. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature andconcentrated. The reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetateand a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. The organics werewashed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (ethyl acetate) to obtain the title compound (0.560 g) havingthe following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.05 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.83-7.77 (m, 2H), 7.56-7.51(m, 1H), 7.48-7.42 (m, 3H), 7.40-7.33 (m, 3H), 7.23-7.18 (m, 2H), 7.10(s, 1H), 6.46 (s, 1H), 4.73 (s, 1H), 3.74 (s, 3H), 3.67 (s, 2H),3.62-3.58 (m, 2H), 2.97-2.89 (m, 1H), 2.86-2.78 (m, 1H), 2.04-1.91 (m,2H), 1.74-1.91 (m, 1H), 1.40-1.30 (m, 2H), 1.24-1.16 (m, 2H).

Example 96 Methyl6-bromo-1-oxo-4-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate

p-Toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (0.070 g) was added to a suspensionof the compound prepared in Example 95 (0.56 g) in toluene (20 mL). Thereaction mixture was heated at reflux under Dean-Stark conditionsovernight. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature andpartitioned between dichloromethane and a saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate solution. The combined organics were dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=3:2) to obtain thetitle compound (0.35 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.34 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.82-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.66-7.60(m, 1H), 7.48-7.41 (m, 6H), 7.36-7.32 (m, 1H), 7.31-7.27 (m, 2H), 6.46(s, 1H), 4.03-3.94 (m, 2H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 3.50 (s, 3H), 2.99-2.91 (m,2H), 2.14-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.96-1.85 (m, 1H), 1.72-1.62 (m, 2H), 1.48-1.35(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 612 (M+H)⁺.

Example 97 Methyl1-oxo-4-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 96 (0.050 g) was suspended in drytetrahydrofuran (10 mL) and cooled to −78° C. n-Butyl lithium (2.5 mol/Lsolution in hexane, 0.03 mL) was added dropwise and the reaction wasallowed to stirred at −78° C. for 5 minutes. A saturated aqueousammonium chloride solution was added and the reaction mixture was warmedto room temperature. The mixture was partitioned between a saturatedaqueous ammonium chloride solution and ethyl acetate. The organics werewashed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel to obtain the title compound (0.015 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.50 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 1H) 7.85-7.75 (m, 2H), 7.61-7.50(m, 2H), 7.49-7.37 (m, 6H), 7.34-7.30 (m, 2H), 7.23-7.19 (m, 1H), 6.47(s, 1H), 4.08-3.96 (m, 2H), 3.70 (s, 2H), 3.45 (s, 3H), 3.00-2.90 (m,2H), 2.16-2.05 (m 2H), 2.00-1.86 (m, 1H), 1.75-1.63 (m, 2H), 1.51-1.35(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 534 (M+H)⁺.

Example 98 Methyl6-chloro-1-oxo-4-phenyl-2-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 96 (0.10 g) was suspended in drytetrahydrofuran (10 mL).

The reaction mixture was cooled to −78° C. and tert-butyl lithium (1.7mol/L solution in pentane, 0.21 mL) added dropwise. The reaction mixturewas stirred at −78° C. for 10 minutes and then hexachloroethane (0.08 g)was added in one portion and the reaction mixture allowed to warm toroom temperature slowly. The reaction mixture was poured into asaturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and extracted with ethylacetate. The organics were washed with brine, dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel to obtain the title compound (0.032 g)having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.42 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.81-7.75 (m, 2H), 7.50-7.41(m, 7H), 7.31-7.27 (m, 2H), 7.19-7.16 (m, 1H), 6.47 (s, 1H), 4.03-3.95(m, 2H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 3.45 (s, 3H), 3.00-2.91 (m, 2H), 2.15-2.05 (m,2H), 1.98-1.85 (m, 1H), 1.73-1.61 (m, 2H), 1.49-1.37 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 568 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1014-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-phenylthiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 226 (0.050 g),2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde (0.033 g), sodium triacetoxyborohydride(0.141 g) and triethylamine (0.093 mL) were suspended in1,2-dichloroethane (5 mL) and stirred at room temperature overnight. Thereaction mixture was partitioned between saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate and dichloromethane. The organics were dried, magnesiumsulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crudematerial, which was purified by flash column chromatography (eluant:50-100% ethyl acetate/hexane (0.5% triethylamine) to furnish the titlecompound (0.044 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.94-7.90 (m, 2H), 7.83-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.61 (s, 1H),7.44-7.40 (m, 3H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.10 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H),3.74 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.00 (m,2H), 1.77-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H),1.41-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 477 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1024-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((4-methyl-2-phenylthiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.91-7.87 (m, 2H), 7.83-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.44-7.36 (m,3H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 5.09 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.64 (s, 2H),3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.41 (s, 3H), 2.09-2.00 (m,2H), 1.76-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.60 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H),1.40-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 491 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1034-Amino-5-cyano-N-((1-(4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.95-7.91 (m, 2H), 7.83-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.42-7.37 (m,3H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.10 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.73 (s, 2H),3.57 (s, 2H), 3.35 (t, J=6.55 Hz, 2H), 3.02-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.30 (s, 6H),2.10-2.00 (M, 2H), 1.76-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.68-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1Hz, 3H), 1.41-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 534 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1044-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(3-(pyridin-2-yl)isoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.68 (d, J=4.3 Hz, 1H), 8.07 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.82-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.37-7.32 (m, 1H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 6.81 (s, 1H), 5.08(s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H),3.02-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.19-2.10 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.57 (m,1H), 1.48-1.33 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 462 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1054-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1((2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 9.52 (s, 1H), 9.30 (s, 1H), 7.86-7.77 (m, 3H),7.48-7.31 (m, 3H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 6.98 (s, 1H), 5.14 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q,J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.61-3.52 (m, 2H), 3.38-3.29 (m, 2H), 3.11-2.88 (m, 2H),2.09-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.78-1.55 (m, 3H), 1.43- (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.38-1.28(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 460 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1064-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((1-methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.79 (m, 1H), 7.63-7.57 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.36 (m,3H), 7.24 (s, 1H), 6.88 (s, 1H), 5.36 (s, 2H), 4.424 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H),3.70 (s, 3H), 3.54 (s, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.14-3.02 (m, 2H),2.14-2.01 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.48-1.32 (m,5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 474 (M+H).

Example 1074-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((1-methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.65-7.58 (m, 2H), 7.50-7.35 (m,3H), 7.23 (s, 1H), 6.96 (s, 1H), 5.27 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H),3.71 (s, 3H), 3.47 (s, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.89 (m, 2H),2.02-1.91 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1Hz, 3H), 1.36-1.23 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 474 (M+H).

Example 108 Tert-Butyl2-(5-((4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamido)methyl)piperidin-1-yl)methyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethylcarbamate

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.74 (m, 3H), 7.38 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.32-7.28(m, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 6.42 (s, 1H), 5.57 (s, 1H), 5.12 (s, 2H), 4.42(q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 4.33-4.26 (m, 2H), 3.66-3.58 (m, 2H), 3.48 (s, 2H),3.37-3.29 (m, 2H), 2.98-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.07-1.98 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.67 (m,2H), 1.67-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.31 (m, 14H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 603 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1094-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.65 (d, J=3.1 Hz, 1H), 8.33 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H),7.87-7.80 (m, 2H), 7.40-7.37 (m, 1H), 7.23 (s, 1H), 5.21 (s, 2H), 4.44(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.98 (s, 2H), 3.35 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.01 (bd,J=11.0, 2H), 2.23 (t, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.74 (bd, J=12.5 Hz, 2H),1.68-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.45 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.42-1.35 (m, 2H).

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 501 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 1104-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyrimidin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.83 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 2H), 7.81-7.79 (m, 2H), 7.29 (t,J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.12 (s, 2H), 4.44 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.79(s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 2.97 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 2.11-2.05 (m,2H), 1.72 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.67-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.45 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H),1.42-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 501 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 1114-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(4-fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.45 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.97-7.94 (m, 2H), 7.71 (s,1H), 7.35-7.26 (m, 4H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 4.47 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.71 (s,2H), 3.16 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 2H), 2.86 (d, J=11 Hz, 2H), 1.96 (t, J=11.7 Hz,2H), 1.62-1.51 (m, 3H), 1.31 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.23-1.13 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 517 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 1124-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(3-fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.45 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.76 (s, 1H), 7.74-7.69 (m,2H), 7.57-7.51 (m, 1H), 7.34-7.29 (m, 3H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 4.47 (q, J=7.0Hz, 2H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.16 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 2H), 2.86 (d, J=11.0 Hz, 2H),1.96 (t, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.62-1.51 (m, 3H), 1.31 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H),1.23-1.13 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 517 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 1134-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(2-fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.45 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 8.20 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.82(s, 1H), 7.55-7.50 (m, 1H), 7.44-7.25 (m, 4H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 4.47 (q,J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.16 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 2H), 2.86 (d, J=11.0 Hz,2H), 1.96 (t, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.63-1.51 (m, 3H), 1.31 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H),1.23-1.14 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 517 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 1144-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(3,5-difluoropyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.16 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 8.45 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 8.14(dt, J=8.6, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.83 (s, 1H), 7.29 (bs, 1H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 4.47(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.16 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 2.86 (d, J=11.0Hz, 2H), 1.97 (t, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.63-1.51 (m, 3H), 1.31 (t, J=7.0 Hz,3H), 1.23-1.14 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 514 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 1154-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.63-8.56 (m, 1H), 8.20-8.11 (m, 1H), 7.85-7.75 (m,2H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.28 (m, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.12 (s, 2H), 4.43(q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.30 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.93 (m,2H), 2.12-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.72 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.53 (obs, 1H), 1.44 (t,J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.41-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 478 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1164-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-phenyloxazol-4-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.45 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 1H), 8.03 (br, 1H), 7.97-7.95 (m,2H), 7.53-7.52 (m 2H), 7.30 (br, 2H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 5.76 (s, 1H), 4.47(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.42 (br, 2H), 3.18-3.14 (m, 2H), 2.89 (d, J=10.5 Hz,2H), 1.96 (d, J=10.5 Hz, 2H), 1.62-1.55 (m, 3H), 1.31 (t, J=7.0, 3H),1.24-1.15 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): nth 461 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1174-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((5-phenyloxazol-2-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 461 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1184-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.63-8.54 (m, 1H), 8.19-8.10 (m, 1H), 8.09-8.02 (m,1H), 7.88-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.32 (m, 1H), 7.09 (s, 1H), 4.82 (s, 2H),4.43 (q, J=6.9, 2H), 4.24-4.14 (m, 2H), 3.96-3.86 (m, 2H), 3.43-3.32 (m,2H), 3.17-3.07 (m, 2H), 2.74 (s, 2H), 2.50 (s, 6H), 2.36-2.24 (m 2H),1.89-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.43 (t, J=6.9, 3H), 1.39-1.26 (m, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 535 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1194-Amino-N-((1-((1-(2-aminoethyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-5-cyano-6-ethoxynicolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 108 (0.074 g) was suspended indichloromethane (5 mL) and trifluoroacetic acid (2.00 mL) added and thereaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reactionmixture was diluted with toluene and concentrated under reducedpressure. The residue was partitioned between saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate and ethyl acetate. The organics were washed with brine,dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure toafford the crude material, which was purified by flash columnchromatography (eluant: gradient elution 1-20% (9:1methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to afford thetitle compound (0.035 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.75 (m, 3H), 7.38 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 7.31-7.27(m, 1H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 6.43 (s, 1H), 5.14 (s, 2H), 4.47-4.38 (m, 3H),4.26 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 1H), 3.88-3.81 (m, 1H), 3.51 (s, 2H), 3.36-3.29 (m,2H), 3.25-3.18 (m, 1H), 2.98-2.87 (m, 2H), 2.02-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.66(m, 2H), 1.65-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.35-1.26 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 503 (M+H)⁺.

Example 120 Methyl 3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate Hydrochloride

3-Phenyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid (4.96 g) was suspended inmethanol (80 mL) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (22.0 mL) and thereaction mixture heated at reflux overnight. Upon cooling the titlecompound (3.00 g) precipitated from the reaction mixture, was filteredand dried under vacuum. The material was used without furtherpurification having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.93-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.54-7.17 (m, 4H), 3.85 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 203 (M+H (free base))⁺.

Example 121 Methyl1-(2-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)ethyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 120 (0.500 g), tert-butyl2-bromoethylcarbamate (0.704 g) and potassium carbonate (1.16 g) weresuspended in acetonitrile (20 mL) and heated at reflux overnight.Another 0.5 equivalents of tert-butyl 2-bromoethylcarbamate was addedand the reaction mixture heated at reflux overnight again. The reactionmixture was cooled to room temperature and partitioned between saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate and ethyl acetate. The organics were washedwith brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentratedunder reduced pressure to afford the crude material, which was purifiedby flash column chromatography to furnish the title compound (0.624 g)having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.80 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.41 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.33(t, J=7.3 Hz, 1H), 7.14 (s, 1H), 4.95 (s, 1H), 4.72 (t, J=4.0 Hz 2H),3.91 (s, 3H), 3.69-3.59 (m, 2H), 1.40 (s, 9H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 346 (M+H)⁺.

Example 122 tert-Butyl2-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethylcarbamate

The compound prepared in Example 121 (0.620 g) was suspended in methanol(30 mL) and sodium borohydride (0.088 g) was added portion-wise to thestirred reaction mixture at room temperature. Excess sodium borohydridewas added portion-wise to the reaction mixture and the system heated atreflux overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperatureand concentrated under reduced pressure. The solids were partitionedbetween saturated aqueous ammonium chloride and ethyl acetate. Theorganics were washed with brine, dried, magnesium sulfate andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas purified by flash column chromatography (pre-absorbed to silica)(eluant: 50-75% ethyl acetate/hexane 0.5% triethylamine) to furnish thetitle compound (0.253 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.76 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 7.38 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 7.27(t, J=7.4 Hz, 1H), 6.96-6.90 (m, 1H), 6.60 (s, 1H), 5.33 (t, J=5.4 Hz,1H), 4.51 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 2H), 4.16 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 1.36 (s, 9H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 318 (M+H)⁺.

Example 123 tert-butyl2-(5-formyl-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethylcarbamate

The compound prepared in Example 122 (0.25 g) was suspended intetrahydrofuran (20 mL) manganese (II) oxide (2.05 g) was added and thesuspension stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixturewas then filtered through a pad of silica and celite (trade mark),eluting with ethyl acetate. The organics were concentrated under reducedpressure to afford the crude material, which was purified by flashcolumn chromatography (eluant: 20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to afford thetitle compound (0.10 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.90 (s, 1H), 7.82 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.43 (t, J=7.4Hz, 2H), 7.36 (t, J=7.3 Hz, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 4.85 (s, 1H), 4.69 (t,J=6 Hz, 2H), 3.67-3.59 (m, 2H), 1.39 (s, 9H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 316 (M+H)⁺.

Example 124 (3-(Pyridin-2-yl)isoxazol-5-yl)methanol

A solution of (E)-picolinaldehyde oxime (4 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide(20 mL) was treated with N-chlorosuccinimide (4.81 g) at 0° C., inportions. The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 2 hours. The mixture wasthen cooled to 0° C. and treated with prop-2-yn-1-ol (7.59 mL) through asyringe. A solution of triethylamine (5.02 mL) in N,N-dimethylformamide(4 mL) was added slowly (30 minutes). The resulting mixture was stirredat 0° C. for 1 hour, and then at room temperature for 18 hs. The solventwas evaporated in vacuo and the residue partitioned between ethylacetate and water. The organic layer was separated, dried and evaporatedin vacuo to a yellow oil and purified by column chromatography on silicagel (2-10% methanol in dichloromethane) to obtain the title compound(4.25 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.72 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.0 (d, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.96(td, J=1.7, 7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.53-7.50 (m, 1H), 6.88 (s, 1H), 5.72 (t, J=6.1Hz, 1H), 4.64 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 177 (M+H)⁺.

Example 125 3-(Pyridin-2-yl)isoxazole-5-carbaldehyde

Sulfur trioxide pyridine (10.0 g, 62.8 mmol) was dissolved indimethylsulfoxide (50 mL) and cooled to near 0° C. A solution of thecompound prepared in Example 124 (5.05 g, 28.7 mmol) and triethylamine(16.0 mL, 115 mmol) in dichloromethane (40 mL) was added to the solutionover 45 minutes. The reaction was warmed to room temperature and stirredovernight. The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed withsodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution. The organic phase was washedwith water and dried over magnesium sulfate. The crude mixture waspurified by column chromatography using an eluant of 1 to 3% ethylacetate/dichloromethane to provide the title compound (0.90 g) with thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.05 (s, 1H), 8.72 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=7.8Hz, 1H), 7.85 (dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.65 (s, 1H), 7.43-7.40 (m, 1H).

Example 126 Ethyl 4-(bromomethyl)-2-phenylthiazole-5-carboxylate

Ethyl 4-methyl-2-phenylthiazole-5-carboxylate (5.00 g),N-bromosuccinimide (3.78 g) and benzoyl peroxide (0.49 g) were suspendedin carbon tetrachloride (50 mL) and heated at reflux overnight. Thereaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and partitioned betweendichloromethane and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The combinedorganics were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated underreduced pressure to afford the crude title compound (6.60 g), which wasused without further purification possessing the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.01-7.97 (m, 2H), 7.51-7.44 (m, 3H), 4.99 (s, 2H),4.41 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.42 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 328 (M+H)⁺.

Example 127 Ethyl4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazole-5-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 126 (1.00 g) was suspended intetrahydrofuran (20 mL) and dimethylamine (2 M) (7.66 mL) added and thereaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The reactionmixture was partitioned between saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate andethyl acetate. The organics were washed with brine, dried, magnesiumsulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crudematerial, which was purified by flash column chromatography to affordthe title compound (0.65 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.04-7.99 (m, 2H), 7.57-7.52 (m, 3H), 4.32 (q, J=7.1Hz, 2H), 3.93 (s, 2H), 2.25 (s, 6H), 1.32 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 291 (M+H)⁺.

Example 128 (4-((Dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazol-5-yl)methanol

The compound prepared in Example 127 (0.65 g) was suspended intetrahydrofuran (20 mL) and then lithium aluminum hydride solution (1 M;4.44 mL) was added dropwise to the solution at room temperature andstirred overnight. The reaction mixture was transferred dropwise to astirred room temperature saturated aqueous solution of Rochelle's salt(sodium potassium tartrate). The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetateand the biphasic mixture stirred rapidly for 30 minutes. The layers wereseparated and the organics washed with brine, dried over magnesiumsulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford thecrude material (0.53 g), which was used without further purificationpossessing the following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 249 (M+H)⁺.

Example 129 4-((Dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 123, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of (tert-butyl2-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethylcarbamate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.38 (s, 1H), 8.04-8.00 (m, 2H), 7.52-7.43 (m, 3H),3.95 (s, 2H), 2.37 (s, 6H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 247 (M+H)⁺.

Example 130 Methyl 2-phenyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate

2-Phenyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid mono hydrate (2.00 g) wassuspended in methanol (30 mL) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (10.0mL) was added and the reaction mixture heated at reflux overnight. Thereaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted withethylacetate and the aqueous basified with 1 N sodium hydroxide. Theorganics were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filteredand concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound.The title compound was used without further purification, having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.41-10.11 (m, 1H), 7.98-7.86 (m, 2H), 7.84-7.77 (m,1H), 7.52-7.36 (m, 3H), 3.92 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 203 (M+H)⁺.

Example 131 (2-Phenyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methanol

According to the same procedure described in Example 128, using thecorresponding ester instead of ethyl4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazole-5-carboxylate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.79 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.35 (m, 3H), 7.07 (s, 1H),4.71 (s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 175 (M+H)⁺.

Example 132 2-Phenyl-1H-imidazole-4-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 123, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of (tert-butyl2-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethylcarbamate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.25 (s, 1H), 9.74 (s, 1H), 7.99-7.81 (m, 3H),7.54-7.45 (m, 3);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 173 (M+H)⁺.

Example 133 Methyl 1-methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 130 (0.204 g) was suspended inN,N-dimethyl formamide (4 mL) and cooled to 0° C. Potassium carbonate(0.279 g) was added and then iodomethane (0.069 mL). The reactionmixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes and then warmed to roomtemperature and stirred at room temperature for further 1 hour. Thereaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed sequentiallywith sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution and brine. The organics weredried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reducedpressure to afford the crude material, which was purified by flashcolumn chromatography to furnish the title compound (0.130 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.67-7.63 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.44 (m, 3H),3.91 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 217 (M+H)⁺.

Example 134 (1-Methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methanol

According to the same procedure described in Example 128, using thecorresponding ester instead of ethyl4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazole-5-carboxylate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 189 (M+H)⁺.

Example 135 1-methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazole-4-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 123, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of (tert-butyl2-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethylcarbamate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 187 (M+H)⁺.

Example 136 Methyl 1-methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 133, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84 (s, 1H), 7.65-7.60 (m, 2H), 7.52-7.46 (m, 3H),3.96 (s, 3H), 3.88 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 217 (M+H)⁺.

Example 137 (1-Methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methanol

According to the same procedure described in Example 128, using thecorresponding ester instead of ethyl4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazole-5-carboxylate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 189 (M+H)⁺.

Example 138 1-Methyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 123, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of (tert-butyl2-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethylcarbamate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 187 (M+H)⁺.

Example 139 2-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

Pyridine-2-carbothioamide (4.5 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (40mL). Pyridine (7.9 mL) was added and the reaction was heated to reflux.2-Bromomalonaldehyde (7.2 g) was added in dimethylsulfoxide (15 mL)dropwise over 10 minutes and the reaction was heated for 3 hours. Thereaction was concentrated in vacuo and partitioned between ethyl acetateand sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution. The aqueous layer wasback extracted and the combined organic phase was washed with brine andconcentrated. The crude reaction was purified by silica gel columnchromatography using an eluant of 2% to 4% acetone/dichloromethane toobtain the title compound (2.4 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.09 (s, 1H), 8.68 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.48 (s, 1H),8.27 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.86 (dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.44-7.41 (m, 1H).

Example 140 2-(Pyrimidin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.14 (s, 1H), 8.92 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 2H), 8.61 (s, 1H),7.42 (t, J=4.7 Hz, 1H).

Example 141 2-(3,5-difluoropyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.12 (s, 1H), 8.56 (s, 1H), 8.45 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H),7.42 (dt, J=7.8, 2.3 Hz, 1H).

Example 142 2-(4-fluorophenyl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.05 (s, 1H), 8.42 (s, 1H), 8.06-8.02 (m, 2H),7.21-7.16 (m, 2H).

Example 143 2-(3-fluorophenyl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.07 (s, 1H), 8.45 (s, 1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 2H),7.50-7.45 (m, 1H), 7.25-7.20 (m, 1H).

Example 144 2-(2-fluorophenyl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.11 (s, 1H), 8.50 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 8.37 (dt,J=7.8, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.54-7.48 (m, 1H), 7.34-7.23 (m, 2H).

Example 145 3,5-difluoropyridine-2-carbothioamide

3,5-Difluoropicolinonitrile (1.00 g) was partially dissolved in methanol(5 mL) and cooled to 0° C. A solution of ammonium sulfide in water (1.1mL, 45% weight) was added slowly and the reaction was stirred 14 hours.The reaction was decanted and this solution was concentrated and thenpurified by column chromatography using dichloromethane as the eluant toobtain the title compound (0.17 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 10.26 (bs, 1H), 9.80 (bs, 1H), 8.48 (d, J=2.3 Hz,1H), 8.03 (dt, J=10.2, 2.3 Hz, 1H).

Example 146 N′-(2-(benzyloxy)acetyl)picolinohydrazide

Picolinohydrazide (4.55 g) was dissolved in dichloromethane (40 mL) and2-(benzyloxy)acetyl chloride (6.06 mL) was added slowly with cooling.Triethylamine (5.98 mL) was added slowly with a strong exotherm.Additional dichloromethane (45 mL) was added to aid stirring. Thereaction was allowed to stir overnight. The reaction was partitionedbetween ethyl acetate and sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution.The organic phase was washed with brine, dried and purified by columnchromatography using an eluant of 10% ethyl acetate/dichloromethane toprovide the title compound (4.1 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.08 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 8.95 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 8.58(d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H), 8.16 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), (dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz, 1H),7.49-7.46 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.33 (m, 5H), 4.66 (s, 2H), 4.18 (s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 286 (M+H)⁺.

Example 147 2-(benzyloxymethyl)-5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole

The compound prepared in Example 46 (3.3 g) and Lawesson's reagent(2,4-bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)-[1,3,2,4]dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-dithion; 4.7g) were heated in toluene (60 mL) at reflux for 4 hours. The reactionwas concentrated and purified by column chromatography using an eluantof 10% ethyl acetate/dichloromethane to provide the title compound (2.4g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.66 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 8.35 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H),7.88-7.84 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.30 (m, 6H), 4.99 (s, 2H), 4.69 (s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 284 (M+H)⁺.

Example 148 (5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)methanol

The compound prepared in Example 147 (0.295 g) was dissolved indichloromethane (7 mL) and cooled to 0° C. Tribromoborane (0.3 mL) wasadded slowly and the reaction was allowed to warm and then was stirredovernight. The reaction was quenched with ethyl acetate/sodium hydrogencarbonate aqueous solution and the organic phase was washed with brine,dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. The solution was concentratedand purified by column chromatography using an eluant of 5%methanol/dichloromethane to provide the title compound (0.10 g) havingthe following physical data.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.66 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.28 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.98(dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.53-7.50 (m, 1H), 4.99 (s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 194 (M+H)⁺.

Example 149 5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-carbaldehyde

The compound prepared in Example 148 (0.18 g) and IBX (o-iodoxybenzoicacid; 0.40 g) were stirred in ethyl acetate (8 mL) and heated at 85° C.for 14 hours. The reaction was cooled, filtered and washed with ethylacetate. The solution was washed twice with sodium hydrogen carbonateaqueous solution and then brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filteredand concentrated to provide the title compound (0.13 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.26 (s, 1H), 8.70 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.45 (d, J=7.8Hz, 1H), 7.92 (dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.50-7.46 (m, 1H).

Example 150 5-Phenyloxazole-2-carbaldehyde

A solution of 5-phenyloxazole (0.192 g) in 2:1 tetrahydrofuran/diethylether (7 mL) was cooled to −78° C., and treated with n-butyl lithium(0.582 mL) dropwise under Argon. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutesat −78° C., at this time a solution of N-methyl-N-(pyridin-2-yl)formamide (0.270 g) in tetrahydrofuran (2.6 mL) was added dropwise tothe solution. After stirring at −78° C. for 30 minutes, the mixture wasallowed to warm up to room temperature and stirring continued overnight.The mixture was quenched by the addition of water and extracted withethyl acetate. The combined extracts were washed with 10% hydrochloricacid, saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate and brine, driedand concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (10-50% ethyl acetate in hexane) to provide the titlecompound (0.016 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.72 (s, 1H), 8.12 (s, 1H), 7.88 (d, J=7.02 Hz, 1H),7.60-7.49 (m, 4H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 174 (M+H)⁺.

Example 151 Methyl 4-methyl-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carboxylate

A mixture of pyridine-2-carbothioamide (5.00 g) and ethanol (15 mL) washeated at 50° C. Methyl 2-chloro-3-oxobutanoate (4.41 mL) was slowlyadded to this solution over 10 minutes. The solution was heated at 70°C. for 18 hours. The solution was cooled to room temperature and 50%ethanol (20 mL) was added. The solution was cooled to 0° C. and stirredfor 1 hour. The solution was filtered and dried over vacuum to obtainthe title compound (4.90 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.68-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.27-8.17 (m, 1H), 7.87-7.77 (m,1H), 7.41-7.33 (m, 1H), 3.90 (s, 3H), 2.80 (s, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 235 (M+H)⁺.

Example 152 Methyl4-(bromomethyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carboxylate

A mixture of the compound prepared in Example 151 (3.50 g) andN-bromosuccinimide (2.66 g) and benzoyl peroxide (0.362 g) in carbontetrachloride (80 mL) was heated at 90° C. for 18 hours. The mixture waspartitioned between a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution anddichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate and concentrated to obtain the title compound (4.70 g) havingthe following physical data.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 4 (M+H)⁺.

Example 153 Methyl4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carboxylate

A mixture of the compound prepared in Example 152 (500 mg) anddimethylamine (1.8 mL) in tetrahydrofuran (3 mL) was stirred at roomtemperature for 30 minutes. The mixture was partitioned between asaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and ethyl acetate. Theorganic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:1 then ethyl acetate=1) to obtain thetitle compound (191 mg) having the following physical data. ¹H NMR(CDCl₃): δ 8.63-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.34-8.25 (m, 1H), 7.84-7.76 (m, 1H),7.40-7.33 (m, 1H), 4.01 (s, 2H), 3.91 (m, 3H), 2.41 (s, 6H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 340 (M+H)⁺.

Example 154 Methyl4-((4-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperazin-1-yl)methyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 153, using thecorresponding amine instead of dimethylamine, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 419 (M+H)⁺.

Example 155(4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methanol

The compound prepared in Example 153 (180 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (2 mL)was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes. Lithium aluminum hydride (1.30 g)was added and the reaction was stirred for 18 hours. Rochelle's salt(sodium potassium tartrate; 10 g) was added and the solution was stirredfor 30 minutes. The mixture was then partitioned between a saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and ethyl acetate. The organic layerwas dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to obtainthe title compound (0.096 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.64-8.53 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.07 (m, 1H), 7.82-7.70 (m,1H), 7.35-7.25 (m, 1H), 4.79 (s, 2H), 3.76 (m, 2H), 2.32 (s, 6H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 250 (M+H)⁺.

Example 156 Tert-butyl4-((5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-4-yl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 155, using thecompound made in Example 154 instead of the compound prepared in Example153, the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.64-8.57 (m, 1H), 8.13-8.07 (m, 1H), 7.82-7.73 (m,1H), 7.33-7.25 (m, 1H), 4.82 (s, 2H), 3.84 (m, 2H), 3.53-3.34 (m, 4H),2.60-2.44 (m, 4H), 1.45 (s, 9H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 391 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1574-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 123, using thecompound made in Example 155 instead of the compound prepared in Example122, the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 248 (M+H)⁺.

Example 158 Tert-butyl4-((5-formyl-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-4-yl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 123, using thecompound made in Example 156 instead of the compound prepared in Example122, the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹HNMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.44 (s, 1H), 8.68-8.63 (s, 1H), 8.28-8.20 (s, 1H),7.88-7.78 (s, 1H), 7.44-7.35 (s, 1H), 4.04 (s, 2H), 3.50-3.42 (m, 4H),2.61-2.51 (m, 4H), 1.45 (s, 9H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 389 (M+H)⁺.

Example 159 Tert-butyl4-((5-((4-((4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamido)methyl)piperidin-1-yl)methyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-4-yl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

A mixture of the compound made in Example 158 (115 mg) and the compoundmade in Example 226 (90 mg) in methanol (1 mL) was stirred at roomtemperature for 18 hours. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (13 mg) was addedand the reaction was stirred for 18 hours. The solution wasconcentrated. The material was stirred in a saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate solution for 10 minutes. The material was partitionedbetween a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and ethylacetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfateand concentrated. The residue was purified by scavenging with silicasupported amine silica gel and polystyrene supported isocyanate resin toobtain the title compound (100 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.62-8.53 (m, 1H), 8.19-8.14 (m, 1H), 7.85-7.72 (m,2H), 7.33-7.26 (m, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.14 (s, 2H), 4.44 (q, J=7.1 Hz,2H), 3.72 (s, 2H), 3.69 (s, 2H), 3.53-3.38 (m, 8H), 3.37-3.29 (m, 2H),3.01-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.58-2.42 (m, 3H), 2.08 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.58 (m, 2H),1.45 (s, 9H), 1.41-1.26 (m, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 676 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1604-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-[(1-{[4-(1-piperazinylmethyl)-2-(2-pyridinyl)-1,3-thiazol-5-yl]methyl}-4-piperidinyl)methyl]-2-pyridinecarboxamidetris(trifluoroacetate)

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 159 (100 mg) indichloromethane (1 mL)-trifluoroacetic acid (228 mL) was stirred for 30minutes. The reaction was concentrated and the excess trifluoroaceticacid was removed via azeotropic distillation from toluene and hexane toobtain the title compound (110 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.73-8.56 (m, 2H), 8.16-8.10 (m, 1H), 8.04-7.95 (m,1H), 7.59-7.53 (m, 1H), 7.38-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.04 (s, 1H), 4.69 (s, 2H),4.48 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.99-3.92 (m, 2H), 3.52-3.42 (m, 2H), 3.28-2.99(m, 9H), 2.90-2.79 (m, 4H), 1.90-1.80 (m, 3H), 1.52-1.37 (m 2H), 1.32(t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 576 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1614-Amino-5-cyano-6-morpholino-N4(1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 215 (0.075 g) and morpholine (0.279 g)were suspended in N,N-dimethyl acetamide (1 mL) and heated at 160° C. ina microwave reactor for 10 minutes. The solution was diluted with ethylacetate, washed sequentially with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonatesolution and brine. The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 2% (9:1methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to afford thetitle compound (0.065 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.87-7.83(m, 1H), 7.78-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.09 (s,1H), 5.14 (s, 2H), 3.86-3.84 (m, 4H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.63-3.60 (m, 4H),3.33 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.70(m, 2H), 1.62-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.42-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 519 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1624-Amino-5-cyano-6-(piperazin-1-yl)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.91-7.88(m, 1H), 7.80-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.04 (s,1H), 5.10 (s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.63-3.59 (m, 4H), 3.33 (t, J=6.5 Hz,2H), 3.04-3.03 (m, 2H), 2.97-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.08-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.82 (brs, 1H) 1.73-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.41-1.32 (m, 2H),1.28-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 518 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1634-Amino-5-cyano-6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.91-7.87 (m,1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m, 1H), 7.07 (s, 1H),5.16 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.67-3.65 (m, 4H), 3.34-3.31 (m, 2H),2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.58-2.56 (m, 4H), 2.35 (s, 3H), 2.09-2.05, (m, 2H),1.73-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.41-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 532 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1644-Amino-5-cyano-6-(cyclopropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.20-8.17 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m,1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m, 1H), 6.96 (s, 1H), 5.26 (br s, 1H),5.03 (br s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.34-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.01-2.94 (m, 3H),2.82-2.75 (m, 1H), 2.08-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.53 (m,1H), 1.42-1.33 (m, 2H), 0.84-0.83 (m, 2H), 0.62-0.58 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 489 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1654-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-hydroxyethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.14 (m, 1H), 7.95-7.92 (m,1H), 7.80-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H),5.45-5.42 (m, 1H), 5.11 (s, 2H), 3.88 (t, J=5.4 Hz, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H),3.69-3.67 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=5.9 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.05(m, 3H), 1.71-1.58 (m, 3H), 1.45-1.35 (m, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 493 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1664-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-methoxyethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.96-7.93 (m,1H), 7.80-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H),5.36-5.33 (m, 1H), 1.97 (s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.67-3.64 (m, 2H),3.59-3.57 (m, 2H), 3.39 (s, 3H), 3.31 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.94 (m,3H), 2.08-2.04 (m, 1H), 1.73-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.53 (m, 1H), 1.41-1.32(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 507 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1674-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-(dimethylamino)ethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.96-7.93 (m,1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.26 (m, 1H), 6.91 (s, 1H),5.69-5.65 (m, 1H), 5.00 (s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.51-3.49 (m, 2H), 3.31(t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.55 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 2.28 (s,6H), 2.06-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.53 (m, 1H), 1.41-1.31(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 520 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1684-Amino-5-cyano-6-((2-hydroxyethyl)(methyl)amino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.83-7.77 (m,2H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H), 5.21 (s, 2H),3.94-3.92 (m, 2H), 3.81-3.77 (m, 3H), 3.40 (s, 3H), 3.34 (t, J=5.7 Hz,2H), 2.98-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.70-1.57 (m, 3H), 1.44-1.41(m, 2H) 1.26 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 507 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1694-Amino-6-(bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.56-8.54 (m, 1H), 8.17-8.15 (m, 1H), 7.83-7.78 (m,2H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.35-7.21 (m, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H), 5.17 (m, 2H), 4.58(br s, 2H), 4.10-4.08 (m, 4H), 4.01-3.98 (m, 4H), 3.74 (s, 2H),3.43-3.41 (m, 2H), 2.99-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.13-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.63 (m,3H), 1.47-1.38 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 537 (M+H)⁺.

Example 170(S)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-hydroxypropan-2-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.14 (m, 1H), 7.92-7.90 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.91 (s, 1H),5.03-5.01 (m, 3H), 4.31-4.25 (m, 1H), 3.77-3.73 (m, 4H), 3.46-3.40 (m,1H), 3.29-3.22 (m, 1H), 2.99-2.94 (m, 1H), 2.11-2.02 (m, 3H), 1.72-1.58(m, 3H), 1.46-1.37 (m, 2H), 1.32 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 3H), 1.26 (t, J=7.1 Hz,1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 507 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1714-Amino-5-cyano-6-(piperidin-1-yl)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.94-7.92 (m,1H), 7.81-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m, 1H), 7.00 (s, 1H),5.10 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.60-3.58 (m, 4H), 3.32 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H),3.01-2.94 (m, 5H), 2.09-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.57, (m, 8H), 1.42-1.32 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 517 (M+H)⁺.

Example 172(R)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-hydroxypropan-2-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.93-7.91 (m,1H), 7.80-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.92 (s, 1H),5.08 (s, 2H), 5.04-5.02 (m, 1H), 4.30-4.25 (m, 1H), 3.77-3.72 (m, 4H),3.45-3.40 (m, 1H), 3.29-3.23 (m, 1H), 3.00-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.04 (m,2H), 1.72-1.59 (m, 3H), 1.45-1.37 (m, 2H), 1.32 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 3H), 1.26(t, J=7.1 Hz, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 507 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1734-Amino-5-cyano-6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.58-8.56 (m, 1H), 8.21-8.19 (m, 1H), 8.10-8.06 (m,1H), 7.83-7.80 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.35-7.32 (m, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H),4.98 (s, 2H), 4.88-4.82 (m, 1H), 4.61-4.57 (m, 2H), 4.25-4.21 (m, 2H),3.74 (s, 2H), 3.37-3.34 (m, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.08-2.03 (m, 2H),1.67-1.64 (m, 2H), 1.52-1.43 (m, 2H), 1.26 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 505 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1744-Amino-6-(azetidin-1-yl)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.96-7.94 (m,1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H),4.94 (s, 2H), 4.34-4.30 (m, 4H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.30 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H),2.97-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.42-2.36 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.69 (m,2H), 1.61-1.52 (m, 1H), 1.39-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 489 (M+H)⁺.

Example 175(R)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-hydroxypropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.90-7.88 (m,1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H),5.45-5.43 (m, 1H), 5.13 (s, 2H), 4.15-4.06 (m, 1H), 3.77 (s, 2H),3.65-3.57 (m, 2H), 3.44-3.30 (m, 3H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.11-2.04 (m,2H), 1.72-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.37 (m, 2H), 1.26 (d,J=6.2 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 507 (M+H)⁺.

Example 176(S)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-hydroxypropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.90-7.88 (m,1H), 7.80-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.95 (s, 1H),5.45-5.43 (m, 1H), 5.14 (s, 2H), 4.15-4.06 (m, 1H), 3.77 (s, 2H),3.65-3.57 (m, 2H), 3.44-3.30 (m, 3H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.11-2.04 (m,2H), 1.72-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.37 (m, 2H), 1.25 (d,J=6.4 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 507 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1774-Amino-5-cyano-6-(3-hydroxypropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.14 (m, 1H), 8.04-8.06 (m,1H), 7.80-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.89 (s, 1H),5.43-5.40 (m, 1H), 5.00 (s, 2H), 3.79-3.76 (m, 4H), 3.68-3.65 (m, 2H),3.35-3.33 (m, 2H), 2.99-2.97 (m, 2H), 2.75 (br s, 1H), 2.08-2.05 (m,2H), 1.91-1.86 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.62 (m, 3H), 1.49-1.40 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 507 (M+H)⁺.

Example 178(S)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-hydroxybutan-2-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59-8.57 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.90-7.88 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.01 (s, 2H), 4.15-4.05 (m, 1H), 3.77-3.76 (m, 3H), 3.46-3.39 (m, 1H),3.33-3.21 (m, 1H), 2.99-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.83-1.58 (m,6H), 1.45-1.36 (m, 2H), 1.28-1.23 (m, 2H), 1.01 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 521 (M+H)⁺.

Example 179(R)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-hydroxybutan-2-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59-8.57 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.14 (m, 1H), 7.90-7.88 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.00 (s, 2H), 4.15-4.05 (m, 1H), 3.77-3.76 (m, 3H), 3.46-3.39 (m, 1H),3.33-3.22 (m, 1H), 2.99-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.82-1.58 (m,6H), 1.45-1.36 (m, 2H), 1.28-1.24 (m, 2H), 1.01 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 521 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1804-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-morpholinoethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.98-7.96 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.80-5.78 (m, 1H), 4.95 (s, 2H), 3.77-3.73 (m, 7H), 3.53-3.50 (m, 2H),3.32 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.64 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H),2.52-2.49 (m, 4H), 2.09-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.39-1.33 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 562 (M+H)⁺.

Example 181(R)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2,3-dihydroxypropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.92-7.90 (m,1H), 7.81-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.30 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.46-5.44 (m, 1H), 4.99 (s, 2H), 4.02-3.97 (m, 1H), 3.78-3.73 (m, 3H),3.67-3.62 (m, 2H), 3.39-3.34 (m, 3H), 3.02-2.98 (m, 2H), 2.12-2.04 (m,2H), 1.68-1.65 (m, 3H), 1.58-1.53 (m, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 523 (M+H)⁺.

Example 182(S)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2,3-dihydroxypropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.14 (m, 1H), 7.92-7.90 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.30 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.46-5.44 (m, 1H), 4.99 (s, 2H), 4.02-3.98 (m, 1H), 3.78-3.73 (m, 3H),3.67-3.62 (m, 2H), 3.40-3.35 (m, 3H), 3.02-2.99 (m, 2H), 2.12-2.04 (m,2H), 1.68-1.66 (m, 3H), 1.57-1.53 (m, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 523 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1834-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-methylpiperidin-4-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.94-7.92 (m,1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.88 (s, 1H),5.46-5.44 (m, 1H), 4.95 (s, 2H), 4.89-4.86 (m, 1H), 3.90 (br s, 1H),3.78 (s, 2H), 3.32 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 2.99-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.82-2.80 (m,2H), 2.28 (s, 3H), 2.17-2.02 (m, 6H), 1.72-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.56 (m,2H), 1.41-1.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 546 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1844-Amino-5-cyano-6-(4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.17-8.15 (m, 1H), 7.95-7.93 (m,1H), 7.81-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.04 (s, 1H),5.16 (s, 2H), 4.07-4.02 (m, 3H), 3.76 (s, 2H), 3.42-3.33 (m, 4H),2.99-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.28 (s, 1H), 2.10-2.02 (m, 4H), 1.77-1.58 (m, 5H),1.47-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 533 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1854-Amino-5-cyano-6-(4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.14 (m, 1H), 7.95-7.93 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.01 (s, 1H),5.09 (s, 2H), 4.32-4.29 (m, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.57 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 4H),3.34 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 3H), 3.06-2.94 (m, 3H), 2.10-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.89-1.78(m, 2H), 1.72-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.35 (m, 4H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 547 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1864-Amino-5-cyano-6-(3-(dimethylamino)propylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 8.05-8.02 (m,1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.58 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.28 (m, 1H),6.84 (s, 1H), 4.88 (s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.56-3.53 (m, 2H), 3.31 (t,J=6.5 Hz, 3H), 2.97-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.50-2.47 (m, 2H), 2.29 (s, 6H),2.09-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.79-1.71 (m, 3H), 1.63-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.40-1.32 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 534 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1874-Amino-6-(3-aminopropylamino)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 8.09-8.04 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.28 (m, 1H), 6.86-6.84 (m,1H), 4.95-4.87 (m, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.65-3.56 (m, 4H), 3.34-3.29 (m,2H), 2.97-2.91 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.02 (m, 4H), 1.83-1.74 (m, 4H), 1.39-1.32(m, 4H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 506 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1884-Amino-5-cyano-6-(4-(dimethylamino)piperidin-1-yl)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.91-7.89 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.02 (s, 1H),5.09 (s, 2H), 4.32-4.29 (m, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.32 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H),3.03-2.96 (m, 4H), 2.45-2.36 (m, 1H), 2.23 (s, 6H), 2.10-2.05 (m, 2H),1.96-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.58 (m, 5H), 1.38-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 560 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1894-Amino-5-cyano-6-(3-morpholinopropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 8.00-7.98 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.87 (s, 1H),6.68-6.66 (m, 1H), 4.93 (s, 2H), 3.84-3.81 (m, 4H), 3.77 (s, 2H),3.57-3.54 (m, 2H), 3.32 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.54-2.49(m, 6H), 2.09-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.86-1.79 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.70 (m, 2H),1.64-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.41-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 576 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1906-(3-(1H-Imidazol-1-yl)propylamino)-4-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.79-7.77 (m,1H), 7.75-7.71 (m, 1H) 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.08 (s, 1H), 6.92 (s, 2H),5.01-4.97 (m, 1H), 4.95 (s, 2H), 4.07 (t, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H),3.52-3.45 (m, 2H), 3.37-3.33 (m, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.04 (m,2H), 1.72-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.57 (s, 4H), 1.42-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 557 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1916-(2-(1H-Imidazol-1-yl)ethylamino)-4-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.80-7.77 (m,1H), 7.75-7.71 (m, 1H) 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.49 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.28 (m, 1H),7.07 (s, 1H), 6.96 (s, 1H), 6.93 (s, 1H), 5.30-5.27 (m, 1H), 5.17 (s,2H), 4.21 (t, J=5.9 Hz, 2H), 3.86-3.83 (m, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t,J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.99-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.69 (m, 2H),1.64-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.42-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 543 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1924-Amino-6-(3-amino-3-oxopropylamino)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 8.08-8.06 (m,1H), 7.81-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.28 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.64-5.59 (m, 2H), 5.40 (s, 1H), 4.95 (s, 2H), 3.85-3.80 (m, 2H), 3.76(s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.56 (t, J=6.1 Hz,2H), 2.10-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.35(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 520 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1936-(2-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethylamino)-4-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.16-8.14 (m, 2H), 7.82-7.78 (m,1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.59 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.30 (m, 1H), 6.87 (s, 1H), 6.84(s, 1H), 5.59-5.57 (m, 1H), 5.03 (s, 2H), 3.78-3.74 (m, 5H), 3.32 (t,J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 2.94-2.92 (m, 4H), 2.08-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.70 (m, 2H),1.64-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.39-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 543 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1944-Amino-6-(3-amino-2-hydroxypropylamino)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.94-7.91 (m,1H), 7.80-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.62 (s, 1H), 5.02 (s, 2H), 3.83-3.77 (m, 3H), 3.68-3.63 (m, 2H),3.55-3.48 (m, 2H), 3.34-3.30 (m, 2H), 2.99-2.91 (m, 3H), 2.74-2.69 (m,1H), 2.10-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.56 (m, 2H), 1.40-1.35(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 522 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1954-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.57 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.12 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H),7.94-7.87 (m, 1H), 7.74 (s, 1H), 7.45-7.39 (m, 1H), 6.78 (s, 1H),4.35-4.28 (m, 1H), 3.82 (s, 2H), 3.78-3.66 (m, 4H), 3.37-3.25 (m, 2H),3.03-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.15-2.06 (m, 2H), 1.80-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.69-1.58 (m,1H), 1.43-1.28 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 523 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1964-Amino-6-(tert-butylamino)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.88-7.85 (m,1H), 7.81-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H),4.92 (s, 1H), 4.84 (s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H),2.98-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.71 (m, 1H), 1.49 (s, 9H),1.41-1.35 (m, 2H), 1.24 (s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 505 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1974-Amino-5-cyano-6-(isopropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.99-7.97 (m,1H), 7.81-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.70 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.87 (s, 1H),4.92 (s, 1H), 4.81-4.79 (m, 1H), 3.81 (s, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H),3.01-2.95 (m, 3H), 2.09-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.72 (m, 2H), 1.44-1.38 (m,4H), 1.27 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 6H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 491 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1984-Amino-5-cyano-6-(cyclopropylmethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.97-7.95 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.88 (s, 1H),5.13-5.11 (m, 1H), 4.92 (s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.33-3.29 (m, 4H),2.97-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.42-1.33 (m,2H), 1.14-1.05 (m, 1H), 0.92 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 1H), 0.60-0.54 (m, 2H),0.29-0.26 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 503 (M+H)⁺.

Example 1994-Amino-5-cyano-6-(ethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using thecorresponding amine instead of morpholine, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 8.01-7.99 (m,1H), 7.81-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 1H),5.50 (s, 1H), 5.02 (s, 2H), 4.97-4.95 (m, 1H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.52-3.47(m, 2H), 3.33-3.26 (m, 2H), 3.01-2.94 (m, 2H), 2.11-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.97(s, 1H), 1.74-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.41-1.33 (m, 2H), 1.27(t, J=7.2 Hz, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 477 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2004-Amino-5-cyano-6-propoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 215 (0.097 g), 1,10-phenanthroline(0.022 g), Cu(I)I (0.012 g) and cesium carbonate (0.135 g) weresuspended in n-propanol (1 mL) in a sealed reactor vial and heated at110° C. for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethylacetate, filtered through a pad of celite (trade mark) and concentratedunder reduced pressure to afford the crude material, which was purifiedby flash column chromatography (eluant: 5% (9:1 methanol/concentratedammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to afford the title compound (0.036g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.80-7.76 (m,2H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.26 (m, 1H), 7.20 (s, 1H), 5.13 (s, 2H), 4.32(t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.95 (m,2H), 2.10-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.88-1.80 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.63-1.58(m, 1H), 1.42-1.34 (m, 2H), 1.05 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 492 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2014-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 200, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of n-propanol, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.57-8.56 (m, 1H), 8.13-8.11 (m, 1H), 7.93-7.88 (m,1H), 7.75 (s, 1H), 7.44-7.41 (m, 1H), 7.09 (s, 1H), 4.53-4.51 (m, 3H),3.90-3.87 (m, 2H), 3.83 (s, 2H), 3.31-3.29 (m, 4H), 3.01-2.98 (m, 2H),2.15-2.10 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.73 (m, 2H), 1.70-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.41-1.33 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 494 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2024-Amino-5-cyano-6-(3-hydroxypropoxy)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 200, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of n-propanol, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.57-8.56 (m, 1H), 8.13-8.11 (m, 1H), 7.93-7.88 (m,1H), 7.75 (s, 1H), 7.44-7.41 (m, 1H), 7.08 (s, 1H), 4.85-4.81 (m, 3H),4.55 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.83 (s, 2H), 3.73 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 3.33-2.26(m, 4H), 3.01-2.98 (m, 2H), 2.14-2.09 (m, 2H), 2.01-1.96 (m, 2H),1.76-1.73 (m, 2H), 1.69-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.42-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 508 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2034-Amino-5-cyano-6-isopropoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 200, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of n-propanol, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.80-7.77 (m,1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.17 (s, 1H), 5.31-5.26 (m, 1H),5.12 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.68-3.63 (m, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H),2.99-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.11-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.56 (m,2H), 1.40 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 6H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 592 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2044-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-cyclopropylethoxy)-N-((1((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 215 (0.100 g), 1,10-phenanthroline(0.007 g) and cesium carbonate (0.209 g) were suspended in1-cyclopropylethanol (3 mL) and purged with Argon.Tetrakis(acetonitrile) copper (I) hexafluorophosphate (0.003 g) wasadded in one portion and the system purged with Argon again. Thereaction mixture was sealed in a reactor vial and heated at 120° C.overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature andpartitioned between saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and ethylacetate. The organics were washed with brine, dried over magnesiumsulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford thecrude material, which was purified by flash column chromatography(eluant: gradient 0-3% (9:1 methanol/concentrated ammoniumhydroxide)/ethyl acetate) then preparative thin layer chromatography(eluant:5% (9:1 methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate)to furnish the title compound (0.038 g) having the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.83-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.73 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.34-7.29 (m,1H), 7.24 (s, 1H), 5.35 (s, 2H), 4.75-4.66 (m, 1H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.32(t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.02-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.12-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.65 (m,2H), 1.64-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.43 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.31 (m, 2H),1.22-1.14 (m, 1H), 0.60-0.51 (m, 2H), 0.47-0.41 (m, 1H), 0.36-0.28 (m,1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 518 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2054-Amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-(3,3,3-trifluoropropoxy)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹HNMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.82-7.75 (m, 1H), 7.74-7.66 (m, 2H), 7.33-7.28 (m, 1H), 7.24 (s, 1H),5.18 (s, 2H), 4.63 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz,2H), 3.02-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.74-2.63 (m, 2H), 2.13-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.67(m, 2H), 1.65-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 546 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2064-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.82-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.62 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.37 (s, 1H),7.33-7.28 (m, 1H), 5.45 (s, 2H), 4.80 (q, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H),3.35 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.02-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.13-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.66(m, 2H), 1.61-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 532 (M+H)⁺.

Example 207(R)-4-amino-5-cyano-6-(3-hydroxybutoxy)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 216 instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),8.07-7.92 (m, 1H), 7.83-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.35-7.29 (m, 1H),7.24-7.19 (m, 1H), 5.38-5.28 (m, 2H), 4.64-4.50 (m, 2H), 4.12-4.03 (m1H), 3.64 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 3.03-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.13-1.81(m, 4H), 1.74-1.57 (m, 3H), 1.49-1.37 (m, 2H), 1.28 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 522 (M+H)⁺.

Example 208(S)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(3-hydroxybutoxy)-N-((1-(((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 217 instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),8.07-7.92 (m, 1H), 7.83-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.35-7.29 (m, 1H),7.24-7.19 (m, 1H), 5.38-5.28 (m, 2H), 4.64-4.50 (m, 2H), 4.12-4.03 (m1H), 3.64 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 3.03-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.13-1.81(m, 4H), 1.74-1.57 (m, 3H), 1.49-1.37 (m, 2H), 1.28 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 522 (M+H)⁺.

Example 209(R)-4-Amino-6-(1-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)propan-2-yloxy)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 218 instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 622 (M+H)⁺.

Example 210(S)-4-Amino-6-(1-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)propan-2-yloxy)-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 219 instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 622 (M+H)⁺.

Example 211(R)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-hydroxypropan-2-yloxy)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 209 (0.032 g) was suspended intetrahydrofuran (10 mL) and aqueous tetrabutylammonium fluoride solution(1 mol/L; 0.103 mL) added dropwise to the reaction mixture. The reactionmixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reactionmixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and saturated aqueoussodium bicarbonate. The combined organics were washed with brine, driedover magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressureto afford the crude material, which was purified by preparative TLC,(eluant: 10% (9:1 methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethylacetate) to furnish the title compound (0.020 g) having the followingphysical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.82-7.73 (m, 2H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.34-7.25 (m, 2H), 5.41-5.32 (m, 2H),4.36-4.21 (m, 2H), 3.89-3.78 (m, 3H), 3.37-3.32 (m, 2H), 3.01-2.92 (m,2H), 2.13-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.66 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.45-1.28(m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 508 (M+H)⁺.

Example 212(S)-4-Amino-5-cyano-6-(1-hydroxypropan-2-yloxy)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 211, using thecorresponding silyl ether instead of(R)-4-Amino-6-(1-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)propan-2-yloxy)-5-cyano-N4((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.82-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.62 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.37 (s, 1H),7.33-7.28 (m, 1H), 5.45 (s, 2H), 4.80 (q, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H),3.35 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.02-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.13-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.66(m, 2H), 1.61-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 532 (M+H)⁺.

Example 213 tert-Butyl((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

The compound prepared in Example 139 (2.4 g) and tert-butylpiperidin-4-ylmethylcarbamate (4.06 g) were combined in dichloromethane(80 mL) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (4.3 g) was added using an icebath to keep the reaction cool. The bath was removed and the reactionwas allowed to stir for 24 hours. The reaction was concentrated and thenpartitioned between ethyl acetate and sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueoussolution. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried over magnesiumsulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude reaction was purified bycolumn chromatography using an eluant of 1-4% methanol/dichloromethaneto provide the title compound (4.7 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.78(dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m, 1H), 4.58 (bs, 1H),3.77 (s, 2H), 3.03-3.00 (m, 2H), 2.96-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.05 (dt, J=11.7,2.3 Hz, 2H), 1.67 (d, J=12.5 Hz, 2H), 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.29 (dt, J=11.7,3.1 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 411 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 214((1-((2-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanamineTrihydrochloride

The compound prepared in Example 213 (4.75 g) was partially dissolved inmethanol (70 mL). A solution of 4 mol/L hydrogen chloride in dioxane (18mL) was added to the solution with cooling. The reaction was allowed tostir at room temperature for 14 hours. The reaction was thenconcentrated and heated under vacuum to provide the title compound (4.85g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 11.35 (bs, 1H), 8.66 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d,J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 8.13 (s, 1H), 8.08 (bs, 3H), 8.00 (dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz,1H), 7.56-7.53 (m, 1H), 4.61 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 2H), 3.45-3.42 (m, 2H), 3.17(bs, 1H), 2.98-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.73-2.68 (m, 2H), 1.97-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.86(bs, 1H), 1.62-1.53 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 289 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2154-Amino-6-chloro-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

4-Amino-6-chloro-5-cyanopicolinic acid (1.053 g, prepared according tothe reported preparation in Zhao, Hongyu, et al.; J. Med. Chem. 2006,49(15), 4455-4458), the compound prepared in Example 214 (2.12 g),(benzotriazol-1-yloxy)tripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate(3.33 g) and triethylamine (7.43 mL) were suspended inN,N-dimethylformamide (100 mL) and stirred at room temperature overweekend. The reaction mixture was poured onto saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate solution and ethyl acetate. The organics were washed withbrine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated underreduced pressure to afford the crude material. The crude material wasslurried with dichloromethane and the desired material precipitated outof solution. The solids was filtered and washed with dichloromethane toafford clean material. The filtrate was concentrated under reducedpressure and purified by flash column chromatography (gradient elution:100% ethyl acetate to 96.5% ethyl acetate, 2.5% triethylamine 1%methanol) to afford pure material, which was combined with thetriturated material to give the title compound (1.69 g), with thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.61 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.57 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 8.09(d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.97-7.91 (m, 1H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.74 (s, 2H),7.49-7.44 (m 1H), 7.35 (s, 1H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.18-3.12 (m, 2H),2.89-2.81 (m, 2H), 2.00-1.90 (m 2H), 1.64-1.50 (m, 3H), 1.23-1.11 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 468 (M+H)⁺.

Example 216 (R)-4-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)butan-2-ol

(R)-Butane-1,3-diol (5.00 mL), tert-butylchlorodimethylsilane (8.82 g),N,N-dimethylpyridin-4-amine (0.34 g) and triethylamine (23.2 mL) weresuspended in dichloromethane (60 mL) and stirred at room temperatureovernight. The reaction mixture was partitioned between saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate and dichloromethane. The organics were driedover magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to affordthe crude material, which was purified by flash column chromatography(eluant: 5-10% ethyl acetate/hexane) to furnish to afford the titlecompound (8.33 g) having the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 4.06-3.98 (m, 1H), 3.93-3.87 (m, 1H), 3.84-3.77 (m,1H), 3.36 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 1.71-1.59 (m, 2H), 1.19 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H),0.90 (s, 9H), 0.08 (s, 6H).

Example 217 (S)-4-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)butan-2-ol

According to the same procedure described in Example 216, using thecorresponding diol instead of (R)-butane-1,3-diol, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 4.06-3.98 (m, 1H), 3.92-3.87 (m, 1H), 3.84-3.78 (m,1H), 3.36 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 1.72-1.59 (m, 2H), 1.19 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H),0.90 (s, 9H), 0.08 (s, 6H).

Example 218 (R)-1-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)propan-2-ol

According to the same procedure described in Example 216, using thecorresponding diol instead of (R)-butane-1,3-diol, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 3.86-3.78 (m, 1H), 3.59 (dd, J=3.4, 9.9 Hz, 1H), 3.35(dd, J=7.89.9 Hz, 1H), 2.45 (d, J=3.2 Hz), 1.12 (d, J=6.3 Hz), 0.91 (s,9H), 0.08 (s, 6H).

Example 219 (S)-1-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)propan-2-ol

According to the same procedure described in Example 216, using thecorresponding diol instead of (R)-butane-1,3-diol, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 3.86-3.78 (m, 1H), 3.60 (dd, J=3.4, 9.9 Hz, 1H), 3.35(dd, J=7.89.9 Hz, 1H), 2.45 (d, J=3.2 Hz), 1.12 (d, J=6.3 Hz), 0.91 (s,9H), 0.08 (s, 6H).

Example 220(1-((2-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanol

The compound prepared in Example 139 (0.569 g), piperidin-4-ylmethanol(0.689 g) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1.902 g) were suspended in1,2-dichloroethane (15 mL) and stirred at room temperature overnight.The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washedsequentially with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution,ammonium chloride solution and brine. The organics were then dried overmagnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure andto afford the crude material, which was purified by flash columnchromatography (eluant: 10% (9:1 methanol/concentrated ammoniumhydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to furnish the title compound (0.571 g) havingthe following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.1 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.82-7.74 (m, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.34-7.28 (m, 1H), 3.79 (s, 2H),3.55-3.45 (m, 2H), 3.03-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.12-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.78-1.68 (m,2H), 1.55-1.44 (m, 1H), 1.39-1.22 (m, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 29 (M+H)⁺.

Example 221 Methyl5-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-4-cyano-3-methylthiophene-2-carboxylate

Methyl 5-amino-4-cyano-3-methylthiophene-2-carboxylate (0.790 g),N,N-diisopropylethylamine (1.40 mL), 4-dimethylaminopyridine (0.049 g)and di-tert-butyl dicarbonate (1.318 g) were suspended inN,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL) and heated at 60° C. for 1 hr. Thereaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and partitioned betweensaturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and ethyl acetate. Theorganics were washed with sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution and brine.The organics were then dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated under reduced pressure and to afford the crude material,which was purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 8:2dichloromethane/hexane) to furnish the title compound (0.840 g) havingthe following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.70 (s, 1H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 2.59 (s, 3H), 1.49 (s,9H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 295 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2225-(tert-Butoxycarbonylamino)-4-cyano-3-methylthiophene-2-carboxylic Acid

The compound prepared in Example 221 (0.200 g) was suspended in methanol(10 mL) and aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (2 mol/L; 3.375 mL) wasadded and the reaction mixture stirred at 50° C. overnight. The reactionmixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated under reducedpressure to afford a solid, which was dissolved in water, acidified topH 1 and filtered to furnish the title compound (0.177 g) with thefollowing physical properties.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 13.13 (s, 1H), 11.64 (s, 1H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 1.50 (s,9H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 281 (M−H)⁻.

Example 223

(1-((2-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl5-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-4-cyano-3-methylthiophene-2-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 222 (0.100 g), the compound prepared inExample 220 (0.123 g), N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimidehydrochloride (0.102 g), N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.185 mL) and4-dimethylaminopyridine (0.011 g) were suspended inN,N-dimethylacetamide (10 mL) and heated at 60° C. overnight. Thereaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and suspended betweenethyl acetate and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. Theorganics were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filteredand concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material,which was purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 25 to 50%ethyl acetate/hexane/1% (9:1 methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)to furnish the title compound (0.049 g) with the following physicalproperties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.79(t, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.71 (s, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.34-7.29 (m 1H), 4.10(d, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 3.79 (s, 2H), 3.04-2.91 (m, 2H), 2.58 (s, 3H),2.14-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.82-1.66 (m, 3H), 1.56 (s, 9H), 1.45-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 554 (M+H)⁺.

Example 224(1-((2-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl5-amino-4-cyano-3-methylthiophene-2-carboxylate trihydrochloride

The compound prepared in Example 223 (0.026 g) was suspended in methanol(2 mL) and dichloromethane (2 mL). Hydrogen chloride solution (4 M in1,4-dioxane) (3.0 mL) was added and the reaction mixture stirred at roomtemperature overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated underreduced pressure to afford the title compound (0.027 g), which was usedwithout further purification possessing the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 10.71 (s, 1H), 8.70-8.63 (m, 1H), 8.18-7.96 (m, 4H),7.58-7.51 (m, 1H), 5.24 (s, 3H), 4.73-4.63 (m, 2H), 4.20-4.05 (m, 2H),3.54-3.41 (m, 2H), 3.05-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.38 (s, 3H), 2.01-1.78 (m, 3H),1.67-1.51 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 454 (M+H (free base))⁺.

Example 225 Tert-Butyl4-((4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamido)methyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

To a solution of 4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid (193 mg) indichloromethane (4 mL) was added1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (215 mg),1-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (164 mg), and diisopropylethylamine (813μL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 minutes and thentert-butyl 4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (200 mg) was added.The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. Theorganic phase was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with a saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:1) to obtain thetitle compound (252 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ ppm 7.85-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.20 (s, 1H), 5.18-5.09 (m,2H), 4.44 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 4.22-4.03 (m, 2H), 3.41-3.28 (m, 2H),2.8-2.6 (m, 2H), 1.82-1.74 (m, 1H), 1.73-1.65 (m, 2H), 1.45 (s, 9H),1.29-1.12 (m, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 404 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2264-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)picolinamideDihydrochloride

The compound prepared in Example 225 (0.603 g) was suspended indichloromethane (30 mL) and methanol (10 mL). Hydrogen chloride solution(4 mol/L in 1,4-dioxane) (10.0 mL) was added and the reaction mixturestirred at room temperature for 6 hours. The reaction mixture wasconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound (0.547g), which was used without further purification, possessing thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.79-8.68 (m, 1H), 8.63-8.55 (m, 1H), 8.49-8.36 (m,1H), 7.39-7.26 (m, 2H), 7.05 (s, 1H), 4.49 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.28-3.14(m, 4H), 2.88-2.75 (m, 2H), 1.89-1.70 (m, 3H), 1.42-1.27 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 304 (M+H (free base))⁺.

Example 227 5-amino-4-cyano-3-methylthiophene-2-carboxylic Acid

According to the same procedure described in Example 222, using thecorresponding ester instead of Methyl5-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-4-cyano-3-methylthiophene-2-carboxylate,the title compound (1.8 g) having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.55 (bs, 1H), 8.45 (s, 2H), 2.35 (s, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 181 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2285-amino-4-cyano-3-methyl-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)thiophene-2-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 225, using thecompound prepared in Example 227 instead of4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid, and using the compound preparedin Example 9 instead of tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.72-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.42 (m, 3H), 6.48 (s, 1H),5.63 (br t, 1H), 5.10 (s, 2H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.29 (t, 2H), 3.29 (br d,2H), 2.45 (s, 3H), 2.21-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.74 (br d, 2H), 1.58 (m, 1H),1.42-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass Data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 436 (M+H)⁺.

Example 229 Ethyl 2-chloro-6-ethoxyisonicotinate

Methyl 2,6-dichloroisonicotinate (2.62 g) was partially dissolved inethanol (50 mL) and a freshly prepared solution of 0.72 mol/L solutionof sodium ethanolate (17.7 mL) was added at room temperature and thenheated at 70° C. for 3 hours. The reaction was neutralized by theaddition of 2N hydrochloric acid (6.5 mL) and then concentrated. Theresulting solid was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. Theorganic phase was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate,filterd and concentrated. The crude reaction was purified by columnchromatography using an eluant of 2-4% ethyl acetate/hexane to providethe title compound (1.7 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.41 (s, 1H), 7.21 (s, 1H), 4.38 (q, J=7.0, 4H), 1.40(t, J=7.0, 3H), 1.39 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 230 (M+H; Cl)⁺.

Example 230 Ethyl 2-(diphenylmethyleneamino)-6-ethoxyisonicotinate

The compound prepared in Example 229 (0.26 g), diphenylmethanimine (0.24g), cesium carbonate (1.8 g),racemic-2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl (0.070 g) andPd(OAc)₂ (0.013 g) were dissolved in degassed toluene (4.5 mL) and thenheated under argon at 110° C. for 1 hr. The reaction was cooled, dilutedwith ethyl acetate and filtered through celite (trade mark) with anethyl acetate wash. The combined organic solutions were purified bycolumn chromatography using an eluant of 0-2% ethylacetate/dichloromethane to provide the title compound (0.40 g) with thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.82-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.52-7.47 (m, 1H), 7.43-7.39 (m,2H), 7.30-7.24 (m, 3H), 7.18-7.16 (m, 2H), 6.86 (s, 1H), 6.79 (s, 1H),4.30 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.14 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.33 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H),1.24 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 375 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2312-amino-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)isonicotinamide

The compound prepared in Example 230 (0.090 g) and lithium hydroxidehydrate (0.011 g) were combined in methanol (1 mL), tetrahydrofuran (1mL) and water (0.1 mL) and allowed to stir for 48 hours. The reactionwas concentrated, pumped to dryness and used without furtherpurification. The crude acid was combined with the compound prepared inExample 9 (0.11 g, 0.31 mmol),1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (0.069 g, 0.36 mmol),diisopropylethylamine (0.16 g, 1.2 mmol) and 1-hydroxybenzotriazolehydrate (0.049 g, 0.36 mmol) in dichloromethane (2.5 mL). The reactionwas sonicated briefly to aid dissolution and then stirred for 24 hours.The crude reaction was concentrated and then dissolved in methanol andtreated with 2N hydrochloric acid. After stirring for 15 minutes, thissolution was concentrated and then partitioned between ethyl acetate andsodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution. The organic phase was driedover magnesium sulfate, filtered, concentrated and purified by columnchromatography using an eluant of 4% methanol/dichloromethane to providethe title compound (0.023 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.82-7.79 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.44 (m, 3H), 6.49 (s, 1H),6.38 (s, 1H), 6.26 (s, 1H), 6.17 (bt, 1H), 4.45 (bs, 2H), 4.26 (q, J=7.0Hz, 2H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.31 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.99-2.96 (m, 2H),2.16-2.10 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.72 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.37 (m,2H), 1.35 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 458 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 232 Dimethyl 4-amino-3-cyanopyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate

4-Amino-6-chloro-5-cyanopyridin-2-yl trifluoromethanesulfonate (4.53 g,prepared according to the reported preparation in Zhao, Hongyu; et al.;J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49(15), 4455-4458), triethylamine (4.61 mL) and[1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium (II) complexwith dichloromethane (0.62 g) were suspended in methanol (150 mL) in apressure bomb and the system purged with carbon monoxide gas. Thereaction vessel was charged to 150 psi with carbon monoxide gas andheated at 100° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated underreduced pressure and dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organics werewashed sequentially with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, andbrine. The organics were then dried over magnesium sulfate, andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: ethyl acetate) tofurnish the title compound (1.50 g) having the following physicalproperties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.64 (s, 1H), 5.41 (s, 2H), 4.05 (s, 3H), 4.01 (s,3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 236 (M+H)⁺.

Example 233 Methyl4-amino-3-cyano-6-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamoyl)picolinate

The compound prepared in Example 232 (0.042 g) was dissolved intetrahydrofuran (20 mL) and methanol (5 mL) and then 1N lithiumhydroxide solution (0.2 mL) was added followed by water (1 mL). Afterstirring for 4 hours, the crude material contains about equal amounts ofdiacid, two monoacids and starting material by HPLC analysis. Thereaction was concentrated to dryness. To the crude acid(1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanaminetrihydrochloride (0.14 g), 1-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (0.055 g),N1-((ethylimino)methylene)-N3,N3-dimethylpropane-1,3-diaminehydrochloride (0.087 g), N-ethyl-N-isopropylpropan-2-amine (0.16 g) andN,N-dimethylacetamide (2.5 mL) were added and the mixture was sonicatedfor 2 minutes. The reaction was then stirred overnight. The reaction waspartitioned between ethyl acetate and aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonateaqueous solution. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate,filtered, concentrated and purified by column chromatography using aneluant of 5 to 10% methanol/dichloromethane followed by a secondpurification using 5 to 10% methanol/toluene to provide the titlecompound (0.008 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.15-8.10 (m, 2H), 7.84 (s,1H), 7.78 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.25 (m, 1H), 5.73 (bs,2H), 4.04 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.36 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.96 (bd,J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 2.07 (t, J=10.5 Hz, 2H), 1.73 (bd, J=12.5 Hz, 2H),1.68-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.45-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 492 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2344-amino-5-cyano-N2-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide

The compound prepared in Example 233 (0.057 g) was suspended in methanol(4 mL) and 7 M ammonia solution in methanol (4 mL) was added. Afterstirring overnight at room temperature, the reaction was concentrated toprovide the title compound (0.053 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 10.60 (s, 1H), 8.72 (s, 1H), 8.61 (d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H),8.57 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 8.08 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.95 (dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz,1H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.73 (bs, 2H), 7.50 (s, 1H), 7.48-7.45 (m, 1H), 3.73(s, 2H), 3.22-3.19 (m, 2H), 2.87 (d, J=11.0 Hz, 2H), 1.97 (t, J=11.0 Hz,2H), 1.64-1.56 (m, 3H), 1.24-1.15 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 499 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 235 Tert-butyl(1-(cyano(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

Sodium metabisulfite (0.157 g) was added to degassed water (2.4 mL)followed the compound prepared in Example 139 (0.286 g) and methanol(0.05 mL). After stirring for 15 minutes, sodium cyanide (0.0737 g) wasadded. A thick white precipitate forms. Methanol (3.2 mL) was added tothe reaction mixture. After stirring for 20 minutes, tert-butylpiperidin-4-ylmethylcarbamate (0.322 g) was added to the reactionmixture. After stirring for 2 days the reaction was partitioned betweenethyl acetate and water. The organic phase was washed with water andbrine, dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. The organic phase wasconcentrated and purified by column chromatography using an eluant of15-25% ethyl acetate/dichloromethane to provide the title compound (0.15g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.17 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.97(d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.82 (dt, J=7.8, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 5.02 (s, 1H), 4.57 (bs,1H), 3.05-2.99 (m, 3H), 2.81-2.77 (m, 1H), 2.56 (dt, J=11.7, 3.1 Hz,1H), 2.19 (dt, J=11.7, 3.1 Hz, 1H), 1.83-1.78 (m, 1H), 1.71-1.66 (m,1H), 1.54-1.51 (m, 1H), 1.44 (s, 9H), 1.42-1.36 (m, 1H), 1.27-1.17 (m,1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 414 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 2362-(4-(aminomethyl)piperidin-1-yl)-2-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)acetonitrile

The compound prepared in Example 235 (0.14 g) was dissolved indichloromethane (2 mL) and trifluoroacetic acid (0.4 mL). The reactionwas stirred for 1 hour and then concentrated and pumped to dryness. Theamine salt was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) and Macroporoustriethylammonium methylpolystyrene carbonate (MP-carbonate: ArgonautTechnologies catalog number 80,026-9; 0.65 g) (2.5-3.5 mmol/g) 1.6-2.2mmol was added. After 2 hours of stirring the reaction was filtered,washed with tetrahydrofuran, concentrated and used without furtherpurification.

Example 2374-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-(cyano(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxynicolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 236 (0.0308 g),4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid (0.0224 g),1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (0.0226 g) and1-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (0.0181 g) were partially dissolved indichloromethane (2.2 mL) and diisopropylethylamine (0.0599 mL) was thenadded. The reaction was allowed to stir for 24 hours. The reaction wasthen partitioned between ethyl acetate and sodium hydrogen carbonateaqueous solution, washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate andfiltered. The organic phase was concentrated and purified by columnchromatography using an eluant of 1-10% methanol/dichloromethane toprovide the title compound (0.018 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.17 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.97(s, 1H), 7.84-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.37-7.34 (m, 1H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 5.08 (s,2H), 5.03 (s, 1H), 4.44 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.41-3.30 (m, 2H), 3.04-3.01(m, 1H), 2.82-2.80 (m, 1H), 2.61-2.56 (m, 1H), 2.24-2.19 (m, 1H),1.86-1.83 (m, 1H), 1.75-1.66 (m, 2H), 1.50-1.42 (obs, 1H), 1.45 (t,J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.36-1.26 (m, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 476 (M−CN)⁺.

Example 238 2-amino-6-chloro-5-nitronicotinic Acid

2-Amino-6-chloronicotinic acid (0.479 g) [Helvetica Chimica Acta (1976),59(1), 222-9] was dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid (5 mL) andcooled in an ice-saltwater bath and 2.5 mL of fuming nitric acid wasthen added dropwise with stirring. The ice bath was removed and thereaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 8 hours. Themixture was then added dropwise to a saturated sodium bicarbonatesolution (200 mL). The mixture was acidified with 9M aqueous sulfuricacid to pH 2. The solid that formed was filtered and rinsed with waterto obtain the title compound (0.340 g) having the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (d₆-DMSO): δ 13.4 (br s, 1H), 8.71 (br s, 1H), 8.70 (s, 1H), 8.46(br s, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 216 (M−H)⁻.

Example 239 2-amino-6-cyano-5-nitronicotinic Acid

The compound prepared in Example 238 (0.130 g) and potassium cyanide(0.195 g) were combined in N,N-dimethylformamide (3 mL) and water (0.5mL) was added. The reaction mixture was heated at 90° C. for 3 hours.The mixture was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. Theaqueous layer was cautiously acidified with 1N hydrochloric acid to pH 1to 2. It was then extracted with ethyl acetate. These extracts werecombined, washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated to obtain the title compound (0.105 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (d₆-DMSO): δ 8.97 (br s, 1H), 8.70 (s, 1H), 8.39 (br s, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 207 (M-H)⁻.

Example 240 2,5-diamino-6-cyanonicotinic Acid

A mixture of the compound prepared in Example 239 (0.063 g) and 10% Pdon charcoal (0.0161 g) in ethyl acetate (2 mL) and ethanol (0.5 mL) wasplaced under hydrogen for 15 hours. The reaction mixture was filteredand concentrated to obtain the title compound (0.0238 g) having thefollowing physical data. ¹H NMR (d₆-DMSO): δ 9.4-8.2 (br m, 3H), 7.78(s, 1H), 5.40 (br s, 2H).

Example 2416-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-8-carboxamide

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 240 (0.011 g) inethanol (0.5 mL) was added a 50% aqueous solution of2-chloroacetaldehyde (0.0088 mL). The reaction mixture was heated at 90°C. for 2.5 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to roomtemperature, and then filtered and concentrated to afford 15.3 mg of abrown powder.

This material was then combined with 1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazol-1-ol(0.012 g), and triethylamine (0.0613 mL) in N,N-dimethylformamide (0.5mL). 1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (0.0145 g) was thenadded to the reaction mixture. After stirring for 30 minutes, thecompound prepared in Example 214 (0.030 g) was added to the reactionmixture. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperaturefor 3 hours. Equivalent amounts of 1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazol-1-ol,triethylamine, and the compound prepared in Example 214 were added tothe reaction mixture, and then heated at 40° C. for 17 hours. Thereaction mixture was diluted with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonateaqueous solution and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organicswere then washed with water and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (dichloromethane: methanol=19:1) to obtain the title compound(0.0085 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.33 (br t, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.60 (d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H),8.14 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.74 (s, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H),7.61 (s, 1H), 7.30 (dd, J=4.7, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 4.61 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H),3.45 (t, J=6.26 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.14-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.85-1.38(m, 5H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 495 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 2426-amino-5-cyano-2-ethyl-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-8-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in example 241, using1-bromobutan-2-one instead of 2-chloroacetaldehyde, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.46 (m, 1H), 8.60 (d, J=3.1 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=8.6Hz, 1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.66 (s, 1H), 7.30 (dd, J=4.7,8.6 Hz, 1H), 4.45 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.47-3.27 (m, 2H), 3.04-2.77(m, 4H), 2.14-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.86-1.30 (m, 8H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 501 (M+H)⁺.

Example 243 tert-Butyl(1-(5-(pyridin-2-yl)thiophen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

tert-Butyl piperidin-4-ylmethylcarbamate (0.100 g) in dichloromethane(2.3 mL) was treated with 5-(pyridin-2-yl)thiophene-2-sulfonyl chloride(0.133 g), followed by triethylamine (0.325 mL) at room temperature.After stirring the mixture at room temperature overnight, it was washedwith 1N hydrochloric acid, the organic layer was separated and filtered.Evaporation of the solvent and purification by column chromatography onsilica gel (1-4% methanol in dichloromethane) provide the title compound(0.088 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.58 (d, J=5.0 Hz, 1H), 8.08 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H),7.95-7.90 (m, 2H), 7.63 (d, J=4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.40 (dd, J=4.9, 7.5 Hz, 1H),6.88 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 1H), 3.63 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 2.79 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H),2.36 (t, J=10.5 Hz, 2H), 1.70 (d, J=10.8 Hz, 2H), 1.33-1.30 (m, 10H),1.2-1.13 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 438 (M+H)⁺.

Example 244(1-(5-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiophen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanamineDihydrochloride

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 243 (0.088 g) indichloromethane (1 mL) was treated with 4N hydrogen chloride in dioxane(0.151 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 18 hours. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo to providethe title compound (0.072 g) having the following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 338 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2454-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(5-(pyridin-2-yl)thiophen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

A solution of 4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid (0.038 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (2 mL) was treated with1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.039 g),1-hyroxybenzotriazole hydrate (0.031 g), followed bydiisopropylethylamine (0.096 mL) at room temperature. After stirring for15 minutes, the compound prepared in Example 244 (0.079 g) was added.Stirring was continued overnight, and the resulting mixture was washedwith water, and the product extracted with ethyl acetate. The organiclayer was separated, filtered, evaporated in vacuo and the residuetriturated in 1:1 hexane-diethyl ether. The precipitated solids werecollected by filtration to provide the title compound (0.041 g) havingthe following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.58 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 8.49 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 1H), 8.07(d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.95-7.90 (m, 2H), 7.63 (d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H), 7.45-7.39(m, 1H), 7.31 (br, 2H), 7.01 (s, 1H), 4.45 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.64 (d,J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 3.14 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.41 (t, J=10.7 Hz, 2H), 1.73(d, J=13.7 Hz, 2H), 1.60-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.29 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.26-1.20(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 527 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2464-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)Picolinamide

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 226 (0.050 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (0.65 mL) was treated with the compound preparedin Example 247 (0.028 g), followed by triethylamine (0.074 mL) at roomtemperature. The mixture was heated at 80° C. with stirring overnight.The solvent was evaporated in vacuo, the residue was taken indichloromethane and purified by column chromatography on silica gel(2-10% hexane in dichloromethane) to obtain the title compound (0.044 g)having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.71 (d, J=4.66 Hz, 1H), 8.18 (d, J=7.86 Hz, 1H), 8.02(d, J=7.77 Hz, 1H), 7.98 (br, 1H), 7.60-7.57 (m, 1H), 7.30 (br, 2H),7.08 (s, 1H), 4.48 (q, J=7.07 Hz, 2H), 4.00 (s, 1H), 3.07-3.03 (m, 2H),2.30 (t, J=10.78 Hz, 2H), 1.76 (d, J=13.16 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.63 (m, 1H),1.44-1.28 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 463 (M+H)⁺.

Example 247 5-(Chloromethyl)-3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole

A solution of 2-chloroacetyl chloride (0.209 mL) in dichloromethane (3mL) was added dropwise to a solution of (Z)-N′-hydroxypicolinamidine(0.300 g) in dichloromethane (7 mL). Triethylamine (0.366 mL) was addeddropwise to the reaction solution and stirring at room temperaturecontinued for 18 hours. The mixture was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (10-50% ethyl acetate in hexane). Desiredfractions were evaporated in vacuo to a pale pink residue (0.21 g). Thismaterial was taken in toluene and refluxed for 18 hours. The solvent wasevaporated in vacuo and the residue purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (1-3% methanol in dichloromethane) to provide the titlecompound (0.085 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.78 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.11-8.02 (m, 2H), 7.65-7.62(m, 1H), 5.21 (s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 196 (M+H)⁺.

Example 248 1-Benzyl-4-hydroxypiperidine-4-carbonitrile

A solution of 1-benzylpiperidin-4-one (7.00 g) in 1:1 diethylether-water (30 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and treated with potassiumcyanide (6.02 g), followed by hydrochloric acid (7.71 mL). The ice bathwas removed and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18hours. The phases were separated, and the aqueous layer was extractedwith diethyl ether, dried and evaporated in vacuo to provide the titlecompound (4.08 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.30 (m, 5H), 6.56 (br, 1H), 3.38 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H),2.62-2.59 (m, 2H), 2.26-2.21 (m, 2H), 1.99-194 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.70 (m,2H).

Example 249 4-(Aminomethyl)-1-benzylpiperidin-4-ol

A suspension of the compound prepared in Example 248 (4.00 g) intetrahydrofuran (90 mL) was treated with lithium aluminum hydride (1.75g) slowly at 0° C. The mixture was allowed to stir at room temperatureovernight, cooled to 0° C. and treated with Rochelle's salt (sodiumpotassium tartrate; 400 g). After stirring at room temperature for 3hours, the organic phase was separated and the aqueous layer extractedwith ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried andevaporated in vacuo to obtain the title compound (3.76 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.29 (m, 5H), 6.56 (br, 1H), 4.52 (br, 1H), 3.93(br, 2H), 4.03 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.44 (m, 2H), 2.65-2.62 (m, 2H),2.44-2.41 (m, 2H), 2.31-2.25 (m, 2H), 2.03-1.99 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.66 (m,1H), 1.43-1.36 (m, 6H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 221 (M+H)⁺.

Example 250 Tert-Butyl (1-benzyl-4-hydroxypiperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 249 (3.76 g) indichloromethane (23 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and treated withdi-tert-butyl dicarbonate (3.91 g). The mixture was then stirred at roomtemperature overnight, washed with aqueous potassium carbonate, driedand evaporated in vacuo to obtain the title compound (6.07 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.29 (m, 5H), 6.56 (br, 1H), 4.16 (br, 1H), 4.09 (q,J=5.3 Hz, 2H), 2.90 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 2.45-2.23 (m, 4H), 2.62-2.59 (m,2H), 1.38 (s, 9H), 1.65-1.31 (m, 13H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 321 (M+H)⁺.

Example 251 Tert-Butyl (4-hydroxypiperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

A solution the compound prepared in Example 250 (0.68 g) in ethanol (11mL) was treated with hydrazine monohydrate (0.208 mL), followed by 10%palladium-carbon (0.238 g). The mixture was refluxed for 18 hours. Afterallowing mixture to cool to room temperature, the catalyst was filteredoff and washed with methanol. The filtrate was evaporated in vacuo toobtain the title compound (0.510 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 6.52 (br, 1H), 4.17 (br, 1H), 2.75-2.69 (m, 2H),2.62-2.59 (m, 2H), 1.38 (s, 9H), 1.34-1.25 (m, 4H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 231 (M+H)⁺.

Example 252 Tert-Butyl(4-hydroxy-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, starting withthe compound prepared in Example 251 instead of the compound prepared inExample 226 and the compound prepared in Example 139 instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.61 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.109 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.97-7.92 (m, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H), 7.48-7.44 (m, 1H), 6.58 (br, 1H), 4.19(br, 1H), 3.73 (s, 1H), 2.91 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 2.58 (m, 2H), 2.34 (t,J=10.0 Hz, 2H), 1.51-1.34 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.28 (m, 12H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 405 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2534-(aminomethyl)-1-{[2-(2-pyridinyl)-1,3-thiazol-5-yl]methyl}-4-piperidinolbis(trifluoroacetate)

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 252 (0.108 g) indichloromethane (1.3 mL) was treated with trifluoroacetic acid (0.3 mL)at room temperature for 18 hours. The solvent was evaporated in vacuoand the residue was azeotroped from toluene twice to obtain the titlecompound (0.104 g) having the following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 305 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2544-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((4-hydroxy-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 245, using thecompound prepared in Example 253 instead of(1-(5-(pyridin-2-yl)thien-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanaminedihydrochloride, the title compound having the following physical datawas obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.61 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.23 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 1H), 8.09(d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.94 (td, J=1.7, 7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H), 7.48-7.44(m, 1H), 7.34 (br, 2H), 7.06 (s, 1H), 4.59 (br, 1H), 4.42 (q, J=7.0 Hz,2H), 3.75 (s, 1H), 3.28 (d, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 2.56 (m, 2H), 2.42-2.37 (m,2H), 1.52-1.46 (m, 4H), 1.33 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 494 (M+H)⁺.

Example 255 Tert-Butyl 1-oxa-6-azaspiro[2.5] octane-6-carboxylate

A solution of tert-butyl 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate (2.00 g),trimethylsulfoxonium iodide (2.43 g) and tetrabutylammomium bromide(0.048 g) in toluene (20 mL) was added a solution of sodium hydroxide(5.02 mL) in water (6.3 mL) dropwise at room temperature. The resultingmixture was heated at 80° C. for 4 hours. The organic phase wasseparated and the aqueous layer was extracted with toluene. The combinedextracts were washed with water, brine, dried and evaporated in vacuoand further dried under high vacuum to obtain the title compound (1.85g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 3.53-3.47 (m, 2H), 3.41-3.34 (m, 2H), 2.65 (s, 1H),1.67-1.61 (m, 2H), 1.41-1.35 (m, 11H).

Example 256 Tert-Butyl 4-(azidomethyl)-4-hydroxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 255 (0.500 g) indioxane (31 mL) and water (3 mL) was treated with sodium azide (0.143 g)at room temperature. The mixture was refluxed overnight. The solvent wasevaporated in vacuo and the residue was distributed between ethylacetate and water. The aqueous layer was extracted with more ethylacetate, dried and evaporated in vacuo to obtain the title compound(0.534 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 4.85 (br, 1H), 3.64 (d, J=12.9 Hz, 2H), 3.17 (s,2H), 3.05 (br, 2H), 1.51-1.32 (m, 13H).

Example 257 Tert-Butyl 4-(azidomethyl)-4-methoxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 256 (0.123 g) intetrahydrofuran (1.5 mL) was added sodium hydride (0.057 g) andiodomethane (0.089 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred atroom temperature overnight and then diluted with water and ethylacetate. The organic layer was dried, evaporated in vacuo and purifiedby column chromatography on silica gel (5% methanol in dichloromethane)to obtain the title compound (0.071 g) having the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 3.62 (br, 2H), 3.37 (s, 3H), 3.16 (s, 2H), 2.95 (br,2H), 1.70 (d, J=12.7 Hz, 2H), 1.41-1.32 (m, 11H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 171 (M+H−Boc)⁺.

Example 258 Tert-Butyl 4-(aminomethyl)-4-methoxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 257 (0.071 g) in ethanol(1.3 mL) was purged with Argon, treated with 10% palladium-carbon (0.010g), and attached to a hydrogen balloon. Stirring was continued at roomtemperature for 14 hours. The mixture was filtered. The solvent wasevaporated to obtain the title compound (0.059 g) having the followingphysical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 245 (M+H)⁺.

Example 259 Tert-Butyl4-(4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamido)methyl)-4-methoxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 245, using thecompound prepared in Example 258 instead of(1-(5-(pyridin-2-yl)thiophen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanaminedihydrochloride, the title compound having the following physical datawas obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.11 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (br, 2H), 7.06 (s, 1H),4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.64 (d, J=12.7 Hz, 2H), 3.38 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 2H),3.18 (s, 3H), 2.96 (br, 2H), 1.65 (d, J=13.3 Hz, 2H), 1.38-1.32 (m,14H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 434 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2604-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((4-methoxypiperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 253, using thecompound prepared in Example 259 instead of tert-butyl(4-hydroxy-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 334 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2614-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((4-methoxy-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, starting withthe compound prepared in Example 260 instead of the compound prepared inExample 226 and the compound prepared in Example 139 instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.61 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 8.1-8.06 (m, 2H), 7.97-7.92(m, 1H), 7.70 (s, 1H), 7.49-7.45 (m, 1H), 7.36 (br, 1H), 7.05 (s, 1H),4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.37 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 3.14 (s,3H), 2.58-2.54 (m, 2H), 2.33-2.25 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.68 (m, H), 1.53-1.46(m, 2H), 1.73 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 508 (M+H)⁺.

Example 262 1-Benzyl-1-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-3-ol

To a solution of ethyl 1-benzyl-3-oxopiperidine-4-carboxylate (10.00 g)in ethanol (75 mL) was added sodium borohydride (4.34 g) at 0° C. Themixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and then diluted withwater and extracted with chloroform. The combined extracts were washedwith brine, dried and evaporated in vacuo to an oil that was purified bycolumn chromatography on silica gel (1-10% ethanol in dichloromethane)to obtain the title compound (2.66 g, cis-isomer; 2.28 g, trans-isomer)having the following physical data.

(cis)-isomer

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.32-7.24 (m, 5H), 4.27 (t, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 3.94 (d,J=6.9 Hz, 1H), 3.73-3.69 (m, 1H), 3.49-3.46 (m, 1H), 3.32 (s, 2H),3.28-3.23 (m, 1H), 2.72-2.67 (m, 2H), 2.04 (d, J=10.3 Hz, 1H), 1.97-1.92(m, 1H), 1.56-1.35 (m, 3H).

(trans)-isomer

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.31-7.23 (m, 5H), 4.27 (t, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 4.55 (d,J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 4.32 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 3.64-3.59 (m, 1H), 3.49 (d,J=13.1 Hz, 1H), 3.38 (d, J=13.1 Hz, 1H), 3.26-3.20 (m, 2H), 2.83 (dd,J=3.5, 10.40 Hz, 1H), 2.75 (d, J=10.9 Hz, 2H), 1.82 (t, J=11.2 Hz, 1H),1.69-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.24-1.18 (m, 3H).

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 508 (M+H)⁺.

Example 263 (trans)-4-(Hydroxymethyl)piperidin-3-ol

According to the same procedure described in Example 251, using thecorresponding amine instead of tert-butyl(1-benzyl-4-hydroxypiperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 4.53 (br, 1H), 4.33 (br, 1H), 3.59 (dd, J=10.3, 4.4Hz, 1H), 3.44 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 1H), 3.32 (dd, J=10.0 Hz, 1H), 3.17-3.10 (m,1H), 2.92 (dd, J=4.5, 11.5 Hz, 1H), 2.83-2.78 (m, 1H), 2.32 (td, J=2.7,12.1 Hz, 1H), 2.15 (dd, J=10.0, 11.5 Hz, 1H), 1.64 (ddd, J=2.6, 6.3,13.1 Hz, 1H), 1.32-1.23 (m, 1H), 1.09-1.02 (m, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 132 (M+H)⁺.

Example 264 (trans)-tert-Butyl3-hydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 263 (1.35 g) was dissolved inN,N-dimethylformamide (35 mL) and di-tert-butyl dicarbonate (2.25 g) wasadded at room temperature and was stirred 14 hours. The solvent wasevaporated in vacuo and the residue purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (1-10% methanol in dichloromethane) to obtain the titlecompound (2.15 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 4.85 (d, J=5.0 Hz, 1H), 4.37 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 1H),3.97-3.84 (m, 2H), 3.62-3.57 (m, 1H), 3.36-3.34 (m, 2H), 3.14-3.03 (m,1H), 1.71-1.65 (m, 1H), 1.38-1.31 (m, 11H), 1.15-1.05 (m, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 132 (M+H−Boc)⁺.

Example 265 (trans)-tert-Butyl4-(azidomethyl)-3-hydroxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 264 (2.15 g) andtriethylamine (1.94 mL) in dichloromethane (33 mL) was addedmethanesulfonyl chloride (0.79 mL) at room temperature. The mixture wasstirred at room temperature overnight, diluted with water, and extractedwith chloroform. The combined organic extracts were washed with brine,dried and evaporated in vacuo to a clear oil, taken inN,N-dimethylformamide (40 mL) and treated with sodium azide (0.906 g),followed by ammonium chloride (0.746 g) at room temperature. Thismixture was heated at 60° C. for 6 hours. The mixture was cooled to roomtemperature, concentrated in vacuo, diluted with water, extracted withchloroform. The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried andevaporated in vacuo to a pale yellow oil, which was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (1-10% methanol in dichloromethane) toobtain the title compound (1.08 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 5.11 (d, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 4.06-3.83 (m, 2H) 3.58 (dd,J=3.4, 12.1 Hz, 1H), 3.38-3.34 (m, 2H), 3.14-3.07 (m, 1H), 1.71-1.65 (m,1H), 1.54-1.46 (m, 1H), 1.39 (s, 11H), 1.23-1.10 (m, 1H).

Example 266 (trans)-tert-Butyl4-(aminomethyl)-3-hydroxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 258, using thecorresponding azide instead of tert-butyl4-(azidomethyl)-4-methoxypiperidine-1-carboxylate, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 5.76 (s, 1H), 3.95-3.83 (m, 2H), 3.20-3.1 (m, 3H),2.72-2.58 (m, 2H), 2.43-2.33 (m, 1H), 1.76-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.38 (s, 9H),1.32-0.93 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 231 (M+H)⁺.

Example 267 (trans)-tert-Butyl4-((4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamido)methyl)-3-hydroxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 245, using thecorresponding amine instead of(1-(5-(pyridin-2-yl)thiophen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanaminedihydrochloride, the title compound having the following physical datawas obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 6.79 (br, 1H), 7.31 (br, 2H), 7.01 (s, 1H), 5.33 (d,J=4.5 Hz, 1H), 4.45-4.40 (m, 3H), 4.03-3.81 (m, 2H), 3.42-3.36 (m, 2H),3.27-3.16 (m, 2H), 2.45-2.38 (m, 2H), 2.43-2.33 (m, 1H), 1.76-1.54 (m,1H), 1.38 (s, 9H), 1.33-1.29 (m, 2H), 1.09 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 420 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2684-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-(((trans)-3-hydroxypiperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 253, using thecorresponding amine instead of tert-butyl(4-hydroxy-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 320 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2694-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-(((trans)-3-hydroxy-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, starting withthe compound prepared in Example 268 and the compound prepared inExample 139, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.84 (br, 1H), 8.61 (d, J=4.2 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (d,J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.95 (td, J=1.7, 7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.80 (s, 1H), 7.47 (ddd,J=1.1, 4.8, 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.30 (br, 2H), 7.04 (s, 1H), 5.09 (d, J=4.7 Hz,1H), 4.41 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.82 (d, J=14.2 Hz, 1H), 3.73 (d, J=14.2Hz, 1H), 3.48-3.40 (m, 1H), 3.29-3.21 (m, 2H), 2.96-2.82 (m, 2H),1.97-1.92 (m, 1H), 1.78 (t, J=10.1 Hz, 1H), 1.62 (d, J=9.7 Hz, 1H),1.41-1.31 (m, 1H), 1.29 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.25-1.21 (m, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 494 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2704-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-(((cis)-3-hydroxy-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedures described in Examples263→264→265→266→267→268→269, starting with(cis)-1-benzyl-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-3-ol instead of(trans)-1-benzyl-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-3-ol, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.62-8.58 (m, 2H), 8.09 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.95 (td,J=1.7, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.80 (s, 1H), 7.49-7.45 (m, 1H), 7.31 (br, 2H), 7.04(s, 1H), 4.50 (d, J=5.6 Hz, 1H), 4.45 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.76 (br, 2H),3.72-3.68 (m, 1H), 3.28-3.21 (m, 2H), 2.79-2.73 (m, 2H), 2.22-2.18 (m,1H), 2.09 (t, J=9.4 Hz, 1H), 1.71-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.40-1.32 (m, 2H), 1.31(t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 494 (M+H)⁺.

Example 271 Dimethyl 2-(phenylamino)maleate

To a solution of dimethyl but-2-ynedioate (1.452 mL) in methanol (20 mL)was added aniline (0.98 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was stirredat room temperature overnight. The mixture was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (20-50% ethyl acetate in hexane) to obtainthe title compound (1.73 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.61 (br, 1H), 7.30 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.14 (d,J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.08 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 1H), 6.94 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 5.28 (s,1H), 3.67 (s, 6H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 236 (M+H)⁺.

Example 272 Methyl 4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

A mixture of the compound prepared in Example 271 (0.980 g) in DowthermA (trade mark; 1 mL) was heated at 250° C. for 15 minutes. The mixturewas cooled to room temperature and shaken between dichloromethane andwater. The organic layer was dried, concentrated in vacuo and purifiedby column chromatography on silica gel (1-5% methanol indichloromethane) to obtain the title compound (0.036 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.24 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.85 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.76(t, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.46 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H), 5.49 (s, 1H),4.04 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 202 (M−H)⁻.

Example 273 Methyl 4-azidoquinoline-2-carboxylate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 272 (0.032 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (1 mL) was treated with diphenyl phosphoryl azide(0.037 mL), followed by triethylamine (0.028 mL) at room temperature.The mixture was heated at 100° C. overnight. The solvent was evaporatedin vacuo and the resulting oil was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (1-10% diethyl ether in dichloromethane) to obtain the titlecompound (0.016 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.18 (dd, J=8.3, 4.7 Hz, 1H), 7.99 (s, 1H), 7.88 (m,1H), 7.72 (m, 1H), 7.40-7.16 (m, 1H), 4.07 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 229 (M+H)⁺.

Example 274 Methyl 4-aminoquinoline-2-carboxylate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 273 (0.031 g) in methanol(3 mL) was degassed and treated with 10% palladium-carbon (0.003 g),degassed again and then attached to a hydrogen balloon. Stirring at roomtemperature was continued overnight. The mixture was filtered, washedwith methanol and evaporated in vacuo to obtain the title compound(0.028 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.20 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.87 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.68(t, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.50 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 5.46 (br, 2H), 3.86 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 203 (M+H)⁺.

Example 275 4-Aminoquinoline-2-carboxylic Acid

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 274 (0.028 g) in ethanol(0.7 mL) was treated with sodium hydroxide (0.069 mL) at roomtemperature. Stirring was continued at room temperature for 3 days. Thesolvent was evaporated in vacuo, the residue suspended in water andacidified to pH3 with 2N hydrochloric acid. The aqueous layer wasextracted with ethyl acetate, dried and evaporated in vacuo to a brownsolid to obtain the title compound (0.006 g). In addition, the aqueouslayer was evaporated in vacuo, shaken in small amount of water andcollected by filtration to obtain the title compound (0.015 g) havingthe following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 187 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2764-Amino-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)quinoline-2-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 225, using thecompound prepared in Example 275 instead of4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid, and using1-{1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methanaminethecompound prepared in Example 9 instead of tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.07 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.91 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H),7.84-7.81 (m, 2H), 7.66 (t, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.48-7.41 (m, 4H), 7.30 (s,1H), 6.78 (s, 1H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.35 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 3.01 (d, J=11.5Hz, 2H), 2.19 (t, J=10.8 Hz, 2H), 1.82 (d, J=12.4 Hz, 2H), 1.71-1.67 (m,1H), 1.47-1.38 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 442 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2774-Amino-8-methoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)quinoline-2-carboxamide

According to the same procedures described in Examples271→272→273→274→275→276, starting with 2-methoxyaniline instead ofaniline, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.84-7.81 (m, 2H), 7.64 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.46-7.38(m, 5H), 7.18 (d, J=7.7 Hz, 1H), 6.79 (s, 1H), 4.07 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s,2H), 3.35 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 3.01 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 2.21 (t, J=11.7Hz, 2H), 1.85 (d, J=12.1 Hz, 2H), 1.74-1.67 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.38 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 442 (M+H)⁺.

Example 278 2-Bromo-6-ethoxypyridine

A mixture of 2,6-dibromopyridine (1.5 g) in ethanol (6 mL) was treatedwith sodium ethoxide (3.55 mL) solution dropwise and resulting mixturewas refluxed for 18 hours. The mixture was allowed to cool to roomtemperature and poured into a beaker containing 5% sodium bicarbonate,extracted with diethyl ether. The combined organics were washed withbrine, dried, evaporated in vacuo and purified by column chromatographyon silica gel (1-3% methanol in dichloromethane) to obtain the titlecompound (0.840 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.40 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.03 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.66(d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 4.35 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.38 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 279 2-Bromo-6-ethoxy-3-nitropyridine

Potassium nitrate (0.625 g) was added with stirring to a solution of thecompound prepared in Example 278 (0.500 g) in sulfuric acid (2.47 mL) at0° C. The mixture was allowed to warm up to room temperature and thenheated slowly to 75° C. After heating for 2 hours, the mixture wascooled to room temperature, poured into ice, pH adjusted to 4 with 10%aqueous sodium hydroxide, and the precipitated to obtain the titlecompound (0.440 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.41 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.05 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 4.41(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.35 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 245 (M+H)⁺.

Example 280 6-Ethoxy-3-nitropicolinonitrile

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 279 (0.317 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (6 mL) was added potassium cyanide (0.100 g) atroom temperature. The mixture was heated at 80° C. for 18 hours and thencooled to room temperature. The solids were filtered, and the filtratediluted with ethyl acetate, washed with 1N hydrochloric acid and water.The organic layer was filtered, evaporated in vacuo and purified bycolumn chromatography on silica gel (10-50% ethyl acetate in hexane) toobtain the title compound (0.096 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.62 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 4.47(q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.37 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 281 3-Amino-6-ethoxypicolinonitrile

To a suspension of the compound prepared in Example 280 (0.672 g) inhydrochloric acid (2.3 mL) and methanol (7 mL) was added portionwiseiron (0.680 g) slowly. After addition was complete, the mixture wasstirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was evaporated invacuo, diluted with dichloromethane, filtered, and purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (5-70% ethyl acetate in hexane) to obtainthe title compound (0.460 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.26 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 6.89 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 5.84(br, 2H), 4.14 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.26 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 164 (M+H)⁺.

Example 282 3-Amino-6-ethoxypicolinic Acid

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 281 (0.075 g) in ethanol(2.3 mL) was treated with 2M potassium hydroxide (1.1 mL) and themixture refluxed overnight. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo, theresidue taken in water, acidified with 1N hydrochloric acid, extractedwith ethyl acetate, dried and evaporated in vacuo to obtain the titlecompound (0.074 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.16 (br, 2H), 7.26 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 6.86 (d,J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 4.25 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.26 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 181 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2833-Amino-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 225, using thecompound prepared in Example 282 instead of4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid, and using the compound preparedin Example 9 instead of tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.22 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 1H), 7.89-7.86 (m, 2H), 7.52-7.50(m, 3H), 7.18 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 6.95 (s, 1H), 6.88 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H),6.41 (br, 2H), 4.24 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.70 (s, 2H), 3.16-3.14 (m, 2H),2.87 (s, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 2.03 (t, J=10.7 Hz, 2H), 1.63 (d, J=13.3 Hz,2H), 1.54-1.49 (m, 1H), 1.29-1.20 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 436 (M+H)⁺.

Example 284 2-Ethoxynicotinic Acid

A solution of sodium ethoxide (14.2 mL) was added to a solution of2-chloronicotinic acid (2.00 g) in ethanol (13 mL). The mixture washeated in a sealed vessel at 170° C. for 2 days. After cooling, themixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue taken in water andacidified with hydrochloric acid to pH 3. The precipitated solids werecollected by filtration and washed with water to obtain the titlecompound (1.32 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.94 (br, 1H), 8.31 (dd, J=1.6, 4.6 Hz, 1H), 8.07(m, 1H), 7.05 (dd, J=4.9, 7.4 Hz, 1H), 4.39 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.32 (t,J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 168 (M+H)⁺.

Example 285 Ethyl 2-ethoxynicotinate

A suspension of the compound prepared in Example 284 (1.3 g) and cesiumcarbonate (2.53 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (15 mL) was stirred at roomtemperature for 2 hours and then treated with ethyl iodide (0.62 mL) atroom temperature, and stirring continued for 18 hours. The solvent wasevaporated in vacuo and the residue partitioned between ethyl acetateand saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate. The combinedorganic extracts were washed with brine, dried and evaporated in vacuoto a yellow oil and purified by column chromatography on silica gel(10-50% ethyl acetate in hexane) to obtain the title compound (0.904 g)having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.34 (dd, J=1.7, 4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (dd, J=1.7, 7.6Hz, 1H), 7.08 (dd, J=4.9, 7.4 Hz, 1H), 4.38 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.27 (q,J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.33 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 3H), 1.29 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 196 (M+H)⁺.

Example 286 Ethyl 2-ethoxy-5-nitronicotinate

Ammonium nitrate (1.11 g) was added portionwise to an ice-cooledsolution of the compound prepared in Example 285 (0.900 g) intrifluoroacetic anhydride (11.5 mL). The mixture was stirred at roomtemperature overnight and then carefully poured into ice-water and theresulting suspension stirred for an hour. The precipitate was collectedby filtration and washed with water. The solids were dried under vacuoto obtain the title compound (0.624 g) having the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.23 (s, 1H), 8.75 (s, 1H), 4.55 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H),4.33 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.37 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.32 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 287 Ethyl 5-amino-2-ethoxynicotinate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 286 (0.624 g) in methanol(13 mL) was degassed with nitrogen, treated with 10% palladium-carbon(0.094 g), degassed again and then attached to a hydrogen balloon. Themixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The catalyst wasfiltered out and washed with methanol. The filtrate was evaporated invacuo to obtain the title compound (0.574 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.40 (s, 1H), 4.99 (br, 2H), 4.26-4.19(m, 4H), 1.29-1.24 (m, 6H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 211 (M+H)⁺.

Example 288 5-Amino-2-ethoxynicotinic Acid

According to the same procedure described in Example 275, using thecorresponding ester instead of methyl 4-aminoquinoline-2-carboxylate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.62 (br, 1H), 7.66 (s, 1H), 7.40 (s, 1H), 4.91(br, 2H), 4.23 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.26 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 181 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2895-Amino-2-ethoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)nicotinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 225, using thecompound prepared in Example 288 instead of4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid, and using the compound preparedin Example 9 instead of tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.85-7.81 (m, 2H), 7.72 (dd, J=13.8, 2.7 Hz, 1H),7.48-7.46 (m, 3H), 6.78 (s, 1H), 4.41 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H),3.35 (s, 2H), 3.01 (d, J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 2.20 (t, J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 1.81 (d,J=12.6 Hz, 2H), 1.65-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.45-1.35 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 436 (M+H)⁺.

Example 2905-Amino-2-ethoxy-6-methyl-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)nicotinamide

According to the same procedures described in Examples284→285→286→287→288→289, starting with 2-ethoxy-6-methylnicotinic acidinstead of 2-ethoxynicotinic acid, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.46 (br, 1H), 7.84-7.82 (m, 2H), 7.67 (s, 1H),7.48-7.46 (m, 3H), 4.45 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.81 (s, 2H), 3.35 (s, 2H),3.04 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 2.33 (s, 3H), 2.23 (t, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 1.81 (d,J=12.6 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.46-1.37 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 450 (M+H)⁺.

Example 291 Ethyl 5-amino-6-chloro-2-ethoxynicotinate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 287 (0.217 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (2 mL) was added N-chlorosuccinimide (0.138 g) atroom temperature. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnightand then diluted with water. The resulting greenish mixture wasextracted with dichloromethane, dried over, evaporated in vacuo, andpurified by column chromatography on silica gel (1-10% diethyl ether indichloromethane) to obtain the title compound (0.097 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.64 (s, 1H), 5.21 (br, 2H), 4.27-4.18 (m, 4H), 1.28(t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 245 (M+H)⁺.

Example 292 5-Amino-6-chloro-2-ethoxynicotinic Acid

According to the same procedure described in Example 275, using thecorresponding ester instead of methyl 4-aminoquinoline-2-carboxylate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.82 (br, 1H), 7.63 (s, 1H), 5.16 (br, 2H), 4.21(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.27 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 215 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2935-Amino-6-chloro-2-ethoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)nicotinamide

According to the same procedure described in example 225, using thecompound prepared in Example 292 instead of4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid, and using the compound preparedin Example 9 instead of tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 7.83-7.81 (m, 2H), 7.76 (s, 1H), 7.48-7.46 (m, 3H),6.78 (s, 1H), 4.40 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.31 (s, 2H), 3.01(d, J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 2.19 (t, J=10.8 Hz, 2H), 1.79 (d, J=12.5 Hz, 2H),1.65-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.37 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 470 (M+H)⁺.

Example 294 2,6-Diethoxynicotinic Acid

A solution of sodium ethoxide (23.3 mL) was added to a solution of2,6-dichloronicotinic acid (2.00 g) in ethanol (10 mL). The mixture washeated in a sealed vessel at 170° C. for 1 day. After cooling, themixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue taken in water andacidified with hydrochloric acid to pH 3. The precipitated solids werecollected by filtration and washed with water to obtain the titlecompound (1.75 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.33 (br, 1H), 8.06 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 6.38 (d,J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 4.40 (q, 7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.21 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.33 (t,J=7.0 Hz, 3H).

Example 295 Ethyl 2,6-diethoxynicotinate

A suspension of the compound prepared in Example 294 (1.75 g) and cesiumcarbonate (2.70 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (21 mL) was stirred at roomtemperature for 2 hours. Ethyl iodide (0.663 mL) was added and stirringcontinued at room temperature for 18 hours. The solvent was evaporatedin vacuo and the residue partitioned between a saturated aqueoussolution of sodium bicarbonate and ethyl acetate. The combined organicextracts were washed with brine, dried and evaporated in vacuo to ayellow oil and purified by column chromatography on silica gel (10-50%ethyl acetate in hexane) to obtain the title compound (1.6 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.07 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 6.40 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H),4.42-4.33 (m, 4H), 4.21 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.35-1.31 (m, 6H), 1.27 (t,J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 240 (M+H)⁺.

Example 296 Ethyl 2,6-diethoxy-5-nitronicotinate

According to the same procedure described in Example 286, using thecorresponding substrate instead of ethyl 2-ethoxynicotinate, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.78 (s, 1H), 4.59 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.52 (q, J=7.0Hz, 2H), 4.27 (q, 7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.35-1.31 (m, 6H), 1.29 (t, 7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 297 Ethyl 5-amino-2,6-diethoxynicotinate

According to the same procedure described in Example 287, using thecorresponding substrate instead of ethyl 2-ethoxy-5-nitronicotinate, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.42 (s, 1H), 4.51 (br, 2H), 4.38 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H),4.27 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.18 (q, 7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.35 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H),1.29 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 3H), 1.26 (t, 6.9 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 255 (M+H)⁺.

Example 298 5-Amino-2,6-diethnxynicotinic Acid

According to the same procedure described in Example 275, using thecorresponding ester instead of methyl 4-aminoquinoline-2-carboxylate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.08 (br, 1H), 7.43 (s, 1H), 4.63 (br, 2H), 4.38(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.29 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.35 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.29(t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 225 (M−H)⁻.

Example 2995-Amino-2,6-diethoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)nicotinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 225, using thecompound prepared in Example 298 instead of4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid, and using the compound preparedin Example 9 instead of tert-butyl4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.33 (br, 1H), 7.84-7.81 (m, 2H), 7.65 (s, 1H),7.49-7.46 (m, 3H), 6.80 (s, 1H), 4.46 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 4H), 3.83 (s, 2H),3.31 (s, 2H), 3.04 (d, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 2.25 (t, J=10.9 Hz, 2H), 1.81 (d,J=13.0 Hz, 2H), 1.65-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.40 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 480 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3004-Amino-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in example 225, using4-amino-6-ethoxypicolinic acid (prepared according to the reportedpreparation in J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49(15), 4455-4458), instead of4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid, and the compound prepared inExample 9 instead of tert-butyl 4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.84-7.81 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.45 (m, 3H), 6.97 (s, 1H),6.78 (s, 1H), 4.29 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.34 (s, 2H), 3.0(d, J=11.3 Hz, 2H), 2.18 (t, J=11.3 Hz, 2H), 1.77 (d, J=13.4 Hz, 2H),1.79-1.63 (m, 1H), 1.40-1.29 (m, 5H).

Example 301 (Z)-tert-Butyl4-(3-(2-nitrophenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-enyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

1-(2-Nitrophenyl)ethanone (1.04 g) and tert-butyl4-formylpiperidine-1-carboxylate (1.47 g) were suspended in drytetrahydrofuran (20 mL) and 20 drops of sodium ethoxide in ethanol (21%by weight) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 18 hours and concentrated under reduced pressure toafford the crude material, which was purified by flash columnchromatography (eluant: 15% ethyl acetate/hexane) to furnish the titlecompound (1.30 g) with the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.13-8.10 (m, 1H), 7.75-7.71 (m, 1H), 7.65-7.60 (m,1H), 7.45-7.42 (m, 1H), 6.39-6.37 (m, 2H), 2.78-2.71 (m, 2H), 2.37-2.28(m, 1H), 1.72-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.46-1.44 (m, 11H), 1.36-1.25 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 361 (M+H)⁺.

Example 302 Tert-Butyl4-(3-(2-aminophenyl)-3-oxopropyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 301 (1.30 g) was suspended in ethylacetate (4.0 mL) and platinum (IV) oxide (81.9 mg, 0.361 mmol) added.The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature under a balloon ofhydrogen for 18 hours and then concentrated under reduced pressure toafford the crude material, which was purified by flash columnchromatography (eluant: 10% ethyl acetate/hexane) to furnish the titlecompound (1.00 g) with the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.74-7.72 (m, 1H), 7.28-7.24 (m, 1H), 6.67-6.62 (m,2H), 6.27 (br s, 2H), 4.15-4.09 (m, 2H), 2.96 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H),2.72-2.65 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.65 (m, 4H), 1.51-1.44 (m, 10H), 1.20-1.09 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 333 (M+H)⁺.

Example 303 Tert-Butyl4-(3-oxo-3-(2-(phenylamino)phenyl)propyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

A flask was charged with the compound prepared in Example 302 (0.533 g),1-bromobenzene (0.252 g), potassium tert-butoxide (0.252 g),4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene (0.056 mg), andbis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladium (0.037 g) and flushed with nitrogengas. Toluene (30 mL) which was thoroughly purged with nitrogen gas wasadded and the reaction mixture heated at 105° C. for 18 hours. Thereaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to afford thecrude material, which was purified by flash column chromatography(eluant: 10% ethyl acetate/hexane) to furnish the title compound (0.365g) with the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.56 (br s, 1H), 7.84-7.82 (m, 1H), 7.37-7.24 (m,6H), 7.12-7.08 (m, 1H), 6.75-6.71 (m, 1H), 4.10 (br s, 2H), 3.03 (t,J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.73-2.66 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.68 (m, 4H), 1.54-1.48 (m, 1H),1.46 (s, 9H), 1.21-1.11 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 409 (M+H)⁺.

Example 304 Tert-Butyl4-(3-(2-(2-methoxy-2-oxo-N-phenylacetamido)phenyl)-3-oxopropyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 303 (350 mg) indichloromethane (3.0 mL) at 0° C. was added diisopropylethylamine (0.746mL) followed by methyl 2-chloro-2-oxoacetate (262 mg). The reaction wasallowed to warm to room temperature and then stirred for 2 hours. Thesolution was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueousammonium chloride, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and brine. Theorganics were dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated underreduced pressure to afford the crude material, which was purified byflash column chromatography (eluant: 10% ethyl acetate/hexane) tofurnish the title compound (374 mg) with the following physicalproperties.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 495 (M+H)⁺.

Example 305 Methyl341-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 304 (365 mg) inmethanol (10 mL) was added potassium carbonate (102 mg). The reactionmixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then filtered.The organics were concentrated under reduced pressure to afford thecrude material, which was purified by flash column chromatography(eluant: 20% ethyl acetate/hexane) to furnish the title compound (314mg) with the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.47-8.44 (m, 1H), 7.58-7.55 (m, 3H), 7.49-7.45 (m,1H), 7.40-7.34 (m, 3H), 6.81-6.78 (m, 1H), 4.07 (br s, 2H), 3.48 (s,3H), 2.79-2.62 (m, 2H), 2.47 (br s, 2H), 2.04-1.97 (m, 1H), 1.70-1.67(m, 2H), 1.44 (s, 9H), 1.19-1.08 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 477 (M+H)⁺.

Example 306 Methyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylateHydrochloride

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 305 (292 mg) inmethanol (5.0 mL) was added hydrogen chloride solution in 1,4-dioxane (4mol/L; 4.60 mL). The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 18hours and then concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the titlecompound (253 mg), which was used without further purification,possessing the following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 377 (M+H (free base))⁺.

Example 307 Methyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-((1-(3-(pyridin-2-yl)isoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 306 (52 mg) and thecompound prepared in Example 125 (44 mg) in dichloromethane (3.0 mL) wasadded diisopropylethylamine (0.09 mL) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride(80 mg). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and brine. The organics were driedover magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressureto afford the crude material, which was purified by flash columnchromatography (eluant: 2% (9:1 methanol/concentrated ammoniumhydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to furnish the title compound (52 mg) with thefollowing physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.68-8.67 (m, 1H), 8.45-8.44 (m, 1H), 8.06-8.04 (m,1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.56-7.54 (m, 3H), 7.47-7.44 (m, 1H), 7.36-7.31(m, 4H), 6.79-6.77 (m, 2H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.47 (s, 3H), 2.95-2.92 (m,2H), 2.47 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 2.13-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.95-1.86 (m, 1H),1.74-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.34-1.27 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 535 (M+H)⁺.

Example 308 1-(2-Aminophenyl)-3-(piperidin-4-yl)propan-1-onedihydrochloride

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 303 (1.00 g) in methanol(10 mL) was treated with hydrogen chloride solution in 1,4-dioxane (4mol/L; 7.52 mL) and stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. Thesolution was concentrated under reduced pressure and azeotropped frommethanol several times to furnish the title compound (0.76 g), which wasused without further purification, possessing the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): 9.20 (s, 1H), 8.78 (s, 1H), 7.80-7.78 (m, 1H),7.28-7.24 (m, 1H), 6.82-6.80 (m, 1H), 6.61-6.58 (m, 1H), 6.35 (s, 2H),3.23-3.17 (m, 2H), 2.97-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.82-2.78 (m, 2H), 1.85-1.82 (m,2H), 1.56-1.54 (2H), 1.37-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 233 (M+(free base))⁺.

Example 3091-(2-Aminophenyl)-3-(1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propan-1-one

To a suspension of the compound prepared in Example 308 (323 mg) and thecompound prepared in Example 139 (267 mg) in 1,2-dichloroethane (10 mL)and N,N-dimethylformamide (4 mL) was added diisopropylethylamine (0.89mL) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (813 mg). The reaction mixture wasstirred at room temperature for 18 hours. The mixture was diluted withethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate andbrine. The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 50-75% ethylacetate/hexane) to furnish the title compound (222 mg) with thefollowing physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.61-8.60 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.13 (m, 1H), 7.80-7.72 (m,2H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.23 (m, 2H), 6.66-6.63 (m, 2H), 6.25 (s, 2H),3.77 (s, 2H), 2.96-2.92 (m, 4H), 2.05-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.60 (m, 6H),1.32-1.28 (m, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 407 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3101-(2-(Phenylamino)phenyl)-3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propan-1-one

A flask was charged with the compound prepared in Example 309 (0.220 g),1-bromobenzene (0.094 g), potassium tert-butoxide (0.085 g),4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene (0.019 mg), andbis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladium (0.013 g) and flushed with nitrogengas. Toluene (25 mL) which was thoroughly purged with nitrogen gas wasadded and the reaction mixture heated at 105° C. for 18 hours. Thereaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to afford thecrude material, which was purified by flash column chromatography(eluant: 80% ethyl acetate/hexane with 1% (9:1 methanol/concentratedammonium hydroxide)) to furnish the title compound (0.070 g) with thefollowing physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.57 (s, 1H), 8.61-8.60 (m, 1H), 7.84-7.77 (m, 2H),7.68 (s, 1H), 7.36-7.23 (m, 5H), 7.11-7.08 (m, 1H), 6.74-6.71 (m, 1H),3.80-3.75 (m, 3H), 3.03-2.94 (m, 4H), 2.63 (s, 2H), 2.18 (s, 2H),2.08-2.04 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.33-1.25 (m, 4H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 483 (M+H)⁺.

Example 311 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl2-oxo-2-(phenyl(2-(3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propanoyl)phenyl)amino)acetate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 310 (70 mg) in toluene (7mL) was treated with oxalyl chloride (0.05 mL) for 1 hour at roomtemperature. 2-(dimethylamino)ethanol (517 mg) was added and thereaction was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. The solution wasdiluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate solution and brine. The organics were dried over magnesiumsulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford thecrude material, which was purified by flash column chromatography(eluant: 10% (9:1 methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethylacetate) to furnish the title compound (52 mg) with the followingphysical properties.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 626 (M+H)⁺.

Example 312 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 311 (52 mg) inmethanol (3 mL) was added potassium carbonate (11 mg). The reactionmixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then filtered.The organics were concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue wasdiluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate and brine. The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate,and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material,which was purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 10% (9:1methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to furnish thetitle compound (11 mg) with the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.45-8.43 (m, 1H), 8.14-8.12 (m,1H), 7.79-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.66 (s, 1H), 7.57-7.54 (m, 2H), 7.46-7.39 (m,3H), 7.35-7.26 (m, 3H), 6.78-6.76 (m, 1H), 3.95 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 3.73(s, 2H), 2.92-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.50 (d, J=6.9 Hz, 2H), 2.28 (t, J=6.2 Hz,2H), 2.17 (s, 6H), 2.05-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.59-1.49 (m,1H), 1.39-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 608 (M+H)⁺.

Example 313 2-Morpholinoethyl2-oxo-2-(phenyl(2-(3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propanoyl)phenyl)amino)acetate

According to the same procedure described in Example 311, using thecorresponding alcohol instead of 2-(dimethylamino)ethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 668 (M+H)⁺.

Example 314 2-Morpholinoethyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 312, using thecorresponding starting material instead of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl2-oxo-2-(phenyl(2-(3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propanoyl)phenyl)amino)acetate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.46-8.44 (m, 1H), 8.14-8.12 (m,1H), 7.78-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.66 (s, 1H), 7.56-7.54 (m, 3H), 7.46-7.44 (m,1H), 7.40-7.27 (m, 4H), 6.78-6.75 (m, 1H), 3.99-3.97 (m, 2H), 3.73 (s,2H), 3.68-3.66 (m, 3H), 2.92-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.50-2.49 (m, 2H), 2.40-2.32(m, 6H), 2.05-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.92-1.85 (m, 1H), 1.72-1.69 (m, 2H),1.35-1.25 (m, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 650 (M+H)⁺.

Example 315 Tert-Butyl4-(3-(2-(2-(2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy)-2-oxo-N-phenylacetamido)phenyl)-3-oxopropyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 303 (100 mg) in toluene(20 mL) was treated with oxalyl chloride (0.09 mL) for 2 hours at roomtemperature. 2-(dimethylamino)ethanol (873 mg) was added and thereaction was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. The solution wasdiluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate solution and brine. The organics were dried over magnesiumsulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford thetitle material (120 mg), which was used without further purification.

Example 316 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl3-((1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 312, using thecorresponding starting material instead of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl2-oxo-2-(phenyl(2-(3-(1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propanoyl)phenyl)amino)acetate,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 534 (M+

Example 317 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylateHydrochloride

According to the same procedure described in Example 306, using thecorresponding protected amine instead of methyl3-((1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate,the title compound was obtained.

Example 318 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 307, using thecorresponding amine instead of methyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylatehydrochloride, using the compound prepared in Example 7 instead of thecompound prepared in Example 125, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.45-8.43 (m, 1H), 7.80-7.78 (m, 2H), 7.56-7.54 (m,4H), 7.45-7.40 (m, 5H), 7.34-7.31 (m, 1H), 6.78-6.76 (m, 1H), 6.47 (s,1H), 3.94 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 3.70 (s, 2H), 2.52-2.50 (m, 2H), 2.27 (t,J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 2.17 (s, 6H), 2.13-2.08 (m, 2H), 1.92-1.83 (m, 1H),1.76-1.65 (m, 4H), 1.41-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 591 (M+H)⁺.

Example 319 Tert-butyl4-(3-(2-(2-(methylamino)-2-oxo-N-phenylacetamido)phenyl)-3-oxopropyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 303 (0.100 g) was suspended in toluene(10 mL) and oxalyl chloride (0.085 mL) added. The reaction mixture wasstirred at room temperature for 2 hours. Methylamine solution (2 mol/L;3.672 mL) was added and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperaturefor 1 hour. The reaction mixture was then partitioned between saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and ethyl acetate. The organics werewashed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material (0.173g), which was used without further purification possessing the followingphysical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 494 (M+H)⁺.

Example 320 Tert-butyl4-((2-(methylcarbamoyl)-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinolin-3-yl)methyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 319 (0.121 g) was suspended in methanol(10 mL) and potassium carbonate (0.051 g) added. The reaction mixturewas stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture wasconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organics werewashed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude product, whichwas purified by flash column chromatography to furnish the titlecompound (0.005 g) having the following physical properties.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): ink 476 (M+H)⁺.

Example 321N-Methyl-4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxamideHydrochloride

According to the same procedure described in Example 306, using thecorresponding protected amine instead of methyl3-((1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate,the title compound was obtained.

Example 322N-Methyl-4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 309, using thecorresponding amine instead of methyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylatehydrochloride, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.26-8.24 (m, 1H), 8.13-8.11 (m,1H), 7.79-7.75 (m, 1H), 7.64 (s, 1H), 7.56-7.52 (m, 4H), 7.42-7.38 (m,1H), 7.30-7.20 (m, 3H), 6.75-6.73 (m, 1H), 4.23-4.19 (m, 2H), 3.70 (s,2H), 2.85-2.82 (m, 2H), 2.64 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 3H), 2.05-1.96 (m, 2H),1.59-1.53 (m, 2H), 1.32-1.22 (m, 2H), 0.94-0.88 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 550 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3231-(2-(2,2-Dimethoxyethylamino)phenyl)-3-(1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propan-1-one

The compound prepared in Example 309 (0.613 g) was suspended in1,2-dichloroethane (30 mL). 2,2-Dimethoxyacetaldehyde solution in water(60% by weight) (2.28 mL) and beaded molecular sieves were added and thereaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. Sodiumtriacetoxyborohydride (2.62 g) was added and the reaction mixturestirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was dilutedwith ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonatesolution and brine. The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate,filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crudematerial, which was purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 2%(9:1 methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/dichloromethane) tofurnish the title compound (0.555 g) with the following physicalproperties.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 495 (M+H)⁺.

Example 324 Methyl2-((2,2-dimethoxyethyl)(2-(3-(1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)propanoyl)phenyl)amino)-2-oxoacetate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 323 (555 mg) indichloromethane (7.0 mL) at 0° C. was added diisopropylethylamine (0.59mL) followed by methyl 2-chloro-2-oxoacetate (0.16 mL). The reaction wasallowed to warm to room temperature and then stirred for 2 hours. Thesolution was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueoussodium bicarbonate solution and brine. The organics were dried overmagnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure toafford the crude material, which was purified by flash columnchromatography (eluant: 80% ethyl acetate/hexane with 3% (9:1methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)) to furnish the title compound(392 mg) with the following physical properties.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 581 (M+H)⁺.

Example 325 Methyl1-(2,2-dimethoxyethyl)-4-oxo-3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 324 (0.390 g) was suspended in methanol(7 mL) and potassium carbonate (0.093 g) added. The reaction mixture wasstirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture wasconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organics werewashed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude product, whichwas purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 5% (9:1methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to furnish thetitle compound (0.340 g) having the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.44-8.42 (m, 1H), 8.14-8.12 (m,1H), 7.79-7.75 (m, 1H), 7.66-7.62 (m, 3H), 7.39-7.35 (m, 1H), 7.31-7.27(m, 1H), 4.61 (t, J=5.0 Hz, 1H), 4.21 (s, 1H), 4.15-4.06 (m, 1H), 4.01(s, 3H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.34 (s, 6H), 2.92-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.43 (d, J=6.9Hz, 2H), 2.04-2.02 (t, J=5.0 Hz, 2H), 1.90-1.81 (m, 1H), 1.67-1.63 (m,2H), 1.28-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 563 (M+H)⁺.

Example 326 Tert-Butyl4-(3-(2-(3-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)propylamino)phenyl)-3-oxopropyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 302 (0.455 g) was suspended in1,2-dichloroethane (10 mL). Benzyl 3-oxopropylcarbamate (0.425 g) andbeaded molecular sieves were added and the reaction mixture stirred atroom temperature for 1 hour. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.870 g) wasadded and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature overnight.The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed withsaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and brine. The organicswere dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated underreduced pressure to afford the crude material, which was purified byflash column chromatography (eluant: 20-30% ethyl acetate/hexane) tofurnish the title compound (0.629 g) with the following physicalproperties.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 524 (M+H)⁺.

Example 327 Tert-Butyl4-(3-(2-(N-(3-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)propyl)-2-methoxy-2-oxoacetamido)phenyl)-3-oxopropyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 326 (620 mg) indichloromethane (10.0 mL) at 0° C. was added diisopropylethylamine (0.82mL) followed by methyl 2-chloro-2-oxoacetate (0.22 mL). The reaction wasallowed to warm to room temperature and then stirred for 2 hours. Thesolution was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueoussodium bicarbonate solution and brine. The organics were dried overmagnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure toafford the crude material, which was purified by flash columnchromatography (eluant: 50% ethyl acetate/hexane) to furnish the titlecompound (722 mg) with the following physical properties.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 632 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 328 Methyl1-(3-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)propyl)-3-(1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

The compound prepared in Example 327 (0.720 g) was suspended in methanol(10 mL) and potassium carbonate (0.326 g) added. The reaction mixturewas stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture wasconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organics werewashed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound (0.588g), which was used without further purification having the followingphysical properties.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 524 (M+H)⁺.

Example 329 Methyl1-(3-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)propyl)-4-oxo-3-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylateHydrochloride

According to the same procedure described in Example 306, using thecorresponding protected amine instead of methyl3-((1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate,the title compound was obtained.

Example 330 Methyl1-(3-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)propyl)-4-oxo-3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

According to the same procedure described in Example 309, using thecorresponding amine instead of methyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylatehydrochloride, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.46-8.43 (m, 1H), 8.14-8.13 (m,1H), 7.79-7.75 (m, 1H), 7.66-7.62 (m, 2H), 7.42-7.35 (m, 6H), 7.31-7.27(m, 2H), 5.12 (s, 2H), 4.96-4.92 (m, 2H), 4.05-4.02 (m, 2H), 3.93 (s,3H), 3.72 (s, 2H), 3.31-3.27 (m, 2H), 2.91-2.88 (m, 2H), 2.36 (d, J=6.9Hz, 2H), 2.10-1.97 (m, 3H), 1.87-1.81 (m, 1H), 1.65-1.62 (m, 2H),1.30-1.21 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 666 (M+H)⁺.

Example 331 Methyl1-(3-aminopropyl)-4-oxo-3-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 330 (37 mg) inacetonitrile (1 mL) was treated with iodotrimethylsilane (0.015 mL) for30 minutes at room temperature. The solution was diluted with ethylacetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution andbrine. The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas purified by preparative thin layer chromatography (eluant: 20% (9:1methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to furnish thetitle compound (5 mg) with the following physical properties.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60-8.59 (m, 1H), 8.46-8.44 (m, 1H), 8.14-8.12 (m,1H), 7.79-7.75 (m, 1H), 7.68-7.64 (m, 2H), 7.56-7.54 (m, 1H), 7.39-7.35(m, 1H), 7.30-7.27 (m, 1H), 4.115-4.11 (m, 1H), 4.01 (s, 3H), 3.74 (s,2H), 2.93-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.81 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 2.39 (d, J=6.9 Hz, 2H),2.05-1.95 (m, 5H), 1.90-1.82 (m, 1H), 1.67-1.64 (m, 2H), 1.26-1.24 (m,4H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 532 (M+H)⁺.

Example 332 Methyl4-oxo-1-phenyl-3-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-1,4-dihydro-2-quinolinecarboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 306 (83.0 mg) and thecompound prepared in Example 7 (52.2 mg) in dichloromethane (5.0 mL) wasadded diisopropylethylamine (0.105 mL) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride(85.2 mg). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturatedaqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate, brine, dried overanhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purifiedby column chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=9:1) toobtain the title compound (72.0 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.46-8.44 (m, 1H), 7.81-7.72 (m, 2H), 7.56-5.54 (m,3H), 7.46-7.42 (m, 4H), 7.38-7.33 (m, 3H), 6.80-6.77 (m, 1H), 6.47 (s,1H), 3.69 (s, 2H), 3.47 (s, 3H), 2.95-2.91 (m, 2H), 2.48 (d, J=3.9 Hz,2H), 2.13-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.94-1.86 (m, 1H), 1.76-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.39-1.29(m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 534 (M+H)⁺.

Example 333 2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.02 (s, 1H), 8.33 (s, 1H), 7.69 (d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H),7.56 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 7.15 (m, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 501 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3344-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 225 (3.579 g) was suspended indichloromethane (50 mL) and trifluoroacetic acid (10.00 mL) added andthe reaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. Thereaction mixture was poured onto saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonateand ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was saturated with sodium chloride.The desired material crystallized from the aqueous and was isolated byfiltration to obtain the title compound (2.752 g) with the followingphysical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 304 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3354-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 333 (31 mg) and the compound preparedin Example 334 (48 mg) were combined in dichloroethane (1.6 mL) andacetic acid (0.054 mL) was added. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.101 g)was then added. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperaturefor 17 hours. It was then treated with saturated sodium bicarbonate andextracted with dichloromethane. The combined organics were dried overmagnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate: methanol=98:2) to obtainthe title compound (24 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.80 (br t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 7.45 (d,J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 7.37 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 7.07 (m, 1H), 5.09(br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.6 Hz,2H), 2.98-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.07-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.62 (m,1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.41-1.31 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 483 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3364-amino-N-((1-((2-bromothiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.81 (br t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.35 (s, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H),5.14 (br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.65 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.7Hz, 2H), 2.93-2.89 (m, 2H), 2.05-1.98 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.61(m, 1H), 1.45 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.38-1.28 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 479, 481 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3374-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 336 (30 mg), pyridin-2-ol (0.0124 g),copper(I) iodide (0.0068 g), trans-N1,N2-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine(0.0113 mL), and potassium carbonate (0.0173 g) were combined inN,N-dimethylformamide (0.5 mL). The reaction mixture was purged withargon for 5 minutes and then heated at 110° C. for 4 hours. The reactionmixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (15 mL) and passed through a plugof silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate. The eluent was concentratedand the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel(ethyl acetate:methanol=19:1) to obtain the title compound (11 mg)having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.77 (m, 1H), 7.81 (br t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (s, 1H),7.42 (m, 1H), 7.20 (s, 1H), 6.76 (d, J=9.7 Hz, 1H), 6.41 (m, 1H), 5.14(br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.6 Hz,2H), 2.99-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.71 (m, 2H), 1.60 (m, 1H),1.44 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.42-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 494 (M+H)⁺.

Example 338N-((1-((2-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

To a mixture of the compound prepared in Example 336 (0.028 g),1H-pyrazol-3-ylboronic acid (0.013 g) andtetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0.003 g) in dimethyl ether (0.3mL) was added a solution of sodium carbonate (0.016 g) in water (0.1mL). Argon was bubbled through the mixture for 10 minutes. The mixturewas then heated at 95° C. for 8 hours. An additionaltetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (4.5 mg) and1H-pyrazol-3-ylboronic acid (13 mg) were added, and the reaction mixturewas again purged with argon for 10 minutes and then heated at 110° C.for 6 hours. An additional tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (10 mg)was added, and the reaction mixture was again purged with argon and thenheated at 110° C. for another 38 hours. The reaction mixture was dilutedwith water and then filtered. The solid was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane: methanol=94:6) to obtainthe title compound (2 mg) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.3 (br s, 1H), 7.80 (br t, J=6.7 Hz, 1H), 7.63 (d,J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.59 (s, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 6.83 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 5.11(br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.7 Hz,2H), 2.99-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.61 (m,1H), 1.47-1.31 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 467 (M+H)⁺.

Example 339 2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbothioamide

To a suspension of 2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile (0.211 g) inmethanol (14 mL) was added a 40% aqueous solution of ammonium sulfide(0.50 mL). The reaction mixture was heated at 130° C. in a microwavereactor for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated. The residueobtained was triturated with methanol and the solid filtered to obtainthe title compound (0.174 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.64 (br s, 1H), 11.33 (br s, 1H), 10.01 (br s,1H), 8.95 (dd, J=7.8, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (m, 1H), 6.54 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 155 (M+H)⁺.

Example 340 2-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecompound prepared in Example 339 instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.72 (br s, 1H), 10.09 (s, 1H), 8.75 (s, 1H), 8.66(dd, J=7.4, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.82 (dd, J=5.8, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 6.54 (m, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 207 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3414-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecompound prepared in Example 340 instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.06 (br s, 1H), 8.52 (dd, J=7.0, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.85(br t, J=6.7 Hz, 1H), 7.66 (s, 1H), 7.37 (m, 1H) 7.22 (s, 1H), 6.39 (t,J=7.0 Hz, 1H) 6.18 (br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.79 (s, 2H),3.31 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.97-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.01 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.67(m, 2H), 1.58 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.29 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 494 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3424-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((1-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.80 (m, 1H), 7.70 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 7.57 (s, 1H),7.46-7.41 (m, 2H), 7.40-7.34 (m, 2H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.14 (br s, 2H) 4.42(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.46 (s, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.93 (m,2H), 1.99-1.90 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.60 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.0Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.28 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 460.1 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3434-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N((1-((1-(pyrimidin-2-yl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.75 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 2H), 7.91 (m, 1H), 7.86 (d, J=1.6Hz, 1H), 7.27 (t, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 7.07 (s, 1H), 7.01, (d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H),4.39, (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.15 (s, 2H), 3.24 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.92(m, 2H), 2.16-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.59 (m, 2H), 1.54 (m, 1H), 1.42 (t,J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.18-1.06 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos): m/z 462.2 (M+H)⁺.

Example 344 2,6-difluorobenzothioamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 145, using thecorresponding nitrile instead of 3,5-difluoropicolinitrile, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.82 (s, 2H), 7.33 (m, 1H), 6.98-6.92 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg): m/z 172.0 (M−H)⁻.

Example 345 2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.14 (s, 1H), 8.59 (s, 1H), 7.48 (m, 1H), 7.14-7.08(m, 2H).

Example 3464-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.36 (m, 1H),7.27 (s, 1H), 7.07-7.01 (m, 2H), 5.36 (br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz,2H), 3.80 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.95 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.02(m, 2H), 1.76-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.62 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H),1.42-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, pos) m/z 513.0 (M+H)⁺.

Example 347 3-fluoropyridine-2-carbothioamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 145, using thecorresponding nitrile instead of 3,5-difluoropicolinitrile, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.99 (s, 2H), 8.39 (m, 1H), 7.63-7.45 (m, 2H); Massdata (APCI, pos) m/z 157.0 (M+H)⁺.

Example 348 2-(3-fluoropyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.12 (s, 1H), 8.58 (s, 1H), 8.54 (m, 1H), 7.64 (m,1H), 7.49 (m, 1H).

Example 3494-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(3-fluoropyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.47 (m, 1H), 7.82 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H),7.57 (m, 1H), 7.35 (m, 1H), 7.23 (s, 1H), 5.25 (br s, 2H), 4.43 (q,J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.79 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 3.0-2.94 (m, 2H),2.11-2.03 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.60 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.0 Hz,3H), 1.42-1.32 (m, 2H); Mass data (APCI, pos) m/z 496.0 (M+H)⁺.

Example 350 Thiazole-2-carbonitrile

2-(trimethylsilyl)thiazole (1.50 g) and 4-methylbenzenesulfonyl cyanide(2.07 g) were combined neat and then heated at 150° C. in a microwavereactor for 30 minutes. The crude mixture was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (acetone:hexanes=9:1) to provide the titlecompound (0.25 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.05 (s, 1H), 8.43 (s, 1H).

Example 351 Thiazole-2-carbothioamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 145, using thecorresponding nitrile instead of 3,5-difluoropicolinitrile, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.87 (s, 1H), 8.22 (s, 1H); Mass data (APCI, pos) m/z145.1 (M+H)⁺.

Example 352 2,2-bithiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.06 (s, 1H), 8.96 (s, 1H), 8.46 (s, 1H), 8.39 (s,1H).

Example 353N-((1-(2,2-bithiazol-5-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl-4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.81 (s, 1H), 8.23 (s, 1H), 7.81 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H),7.57 (s, 1H), 7.20 (s, 1H), 5.14 (br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H),3.73 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.09-2.01 (m,2H), 1.77-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.63 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.43-1.32(m, 2H); Mass data (APCI, pos) m/z 483.9 (M+H)⁺.

Example 354 3-chlorothiophene-2-carbothioamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 145, using thecorresponding nitrile instead of 3,5-difluoropicolinitrile, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.31 (s, 2H), 7.76 (s, 1H), 7.57 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1H),7.06 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1H).

Example 355 2-(3-chlorothiophe-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

According to the same procedure described in Example 139, using thecorresponding thioamide instead of pyridine-2-carbothioamide, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.09 (s, 1H), 8.40 (s, 1H), 7.53 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1H),7.10 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1H).

Example 3564-amino-N-((1-((2-(3-chlorothiophen-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.45 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 7.72(s, 1H), 7.29 (s, 2H), 7.23 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 4.47 (q,J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.18-3.14 (m, 2H), 2.89-2.83 (m, 2H),2.00-1.92 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.58 (m, 2H), 1.54 (m, 1H), 1.31 (t, J=7.0 Hz,3H), 1.26-1.14 (m, 2H); Mass data (APCI, pos) m/z 516.9 (M+H)⁺.

Example 357 1-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)ethanol

The compound prepared in Experiment 139 (3.0 g) was dissolved in 40 mLof tetrahydrofuran and cooled to −20° C. before methyl magnesium bromidein diethyl ether (3 mol/L; 6.3 mL) was added. The reaction was allowedto warm to room temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction waspoured onto ice and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organics weredried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure toafford the crude material, which was purified by column chromatographyon silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexanes=1:1) to afford the title compound(2.5 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.57 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 8.11 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.76(m, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.29 (m, 1H), 5.19 (m, 1H), 3.29 (s, 1H), 1.62(d, J=6.4 Hz, 3H).

Example 358 1-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)ethanone

The compound prepared in Example 357 (2.5 g) was dissolved in 80 mL ofdichloromethane and manganese (IV) oxide (21 g) was added stirredovernight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was filtered througha plug of Celite (trade mark), washed with dichloromethane, andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound (2.35g) having the following physical data. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.64 (d, J=4.5Hz, 1H), 8.39 (s, 1H), 8.22 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.83 (m, 1H), 7.39 (m,1H), 2.62 (s, 3H).

Example 359 Tert-butyl(1-(1-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylCarbamate

The compound prepared in Example 358 (0.050 g), tert-butylpiperidin-4-ylmethylcarbamate (0.525 g), acetic acid (0.029 g), andsodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.519 g) were suspended in 2 mL ofdichloroethane and stirred at 50° C. for 16 hr. The reaction waspartitioned between ethyl acetate and saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate. The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas purified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethylacetate:hexanes=1:1) to afford the title compound (0.020 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.78(m, 1H), 7.63 (s, 1H), 7.30 (m, 1H), 4.57 (s, 1H), 4.02 (q, J=7.0 Hz,1H), 3.00 (t, J=5.4 Hz, 2H), 2.93 (m, 1H), 2.86 (m, 1H), 2.18-2.07 (m,2H), 1.70-1.63 (m, 2H), 1.47 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.37 (m,1H), 1.31-1.21 (m, 2H).

Example 360(1-(1-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanamineTrihydrochloride

According to the same procedure described in Example 244, using thecorresponding carbamate instead of tert-Butyl(1-(5-(pyridin-2-yl)thiophen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate,the title compound (0.020 g) having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (10:1 CDCl₃: MeOD-d₃): δ 8.71 (d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H), 8.30 (d, J=7.8Hz, 1H), 8.16 (s, 1H), 8.06 (m, 1H), 7.58 (m, 1H), 4.96 (m, 1H),3.54-3.49 (m, 2H), 3.08-2.96 (m, 2H), 2.89-2.84 (m, 2H), 2.16 (m, 1H),2.08-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.96 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 3H); Mass data (APCI, pos) m/z302.9 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3614-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(1-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 245, using thecorresponding amine instead of(1-(5-(Pyridin-2-yl)thiophen-2-ylsulfonyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanaminedihydrochloride, the title compound having the following physical datawas obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H),7.82-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.62 (s, 1H), 7.30 (m, 1H), 7.22 (s, 1H), 5.22 (br s,2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.30 (m, 1H), 3.32 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.95(m, 1H), 2.87 (m, 1H), 2.22-2.09 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.55 (m,1H), 1.48 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.43 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.30 (m, 2H);Mass data (ESI, pos) m/z 492.1 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3624-amino-N-((1-(biphenyl-2-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 335, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of2-(thiophen-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.80 (m, 1H), 7.53 (m, 1H), 7.40-7.36 (m, 4H), 7.35(m, 1H), 7.34-7.29 (m, 2H), 7.25-7.22 (m, 2H), 5.28 (br s, 2H), 4.42 (q,J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.38 (s, 2H), 3.30 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.84-2.78 (m, 2H),1.89-1.81 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.61 (m, 2H), 1.52 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.0 Hz,3H), 1.34-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, pos) m/z 470.2 (M+H)⁺.

Example 363 Tert-butyl(1-(1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1-cyanoethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

To tert-butyl piperidin-4-ylmethylcarbamate (0.527 g) and1-(biphenyl-4-yl)ethanone (0.483 g) in dichloromethane (6.2 mL) wasadded titanium (IV) isopropoxide (0.720 mL). The reaction mixture wasstirred at room temperature for 24 hours. A 1.0 mol/L solution ofcyanodiethylaluminum (2.46 mL) in toluene was then added dropwise andthe reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for another 24hours. It was then quenched with saturated sodium bicarbonate anddiluted with dichloromethane. The biphasic mixture was filtered, and thelayers of the filtrate were separated. The aqueous layer was extractedwith dichloromethane, and the combined organics were dried overmagnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexanes=85:15) to obtain thetitle compound (0.565 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.66-7.62 (m, 2H), 7.61-7.57 (m, 4H), 7.48-7.42 (m,2H), 7.36 (m, 1H), 4.56 (br s, 1H), 3.27 (m, 1H), 3.04 (br t, J=6.3 Hz,2H), 2.62 (m, 1H), 2.29 (dt, J=11.0, 3.1 Hz, 1H), 2.08 (br dt, J=11.0,2.3 Hz, 1H), 1.85 (m, 1H), 1.74 (s, 3H), 1.63-1.32 (m, 12H), 1.17 (dq,J=12.0, 3.9 Hz, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 420 (M+H)⁺.

Example 364 Tert-butyl(1-(2-(biphenyl-4-yl)propan-2-yl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 363 (0.112 g) intetrahydrofuran (3 mL) at 0° C. was added a 3.0 M solution ofmethylmagnesium bromide in diethyl ether (0.27 mL), and the reactionmixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The reactionmixture was poured onto cold saturated ammonium chloride, and themixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organics werewashed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. Theresidue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethylacetate:hexanes:triethylamine=80:20:1) to obtain the title compound(0.035 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.61-7.57 (m, 4H), 7.54-7.51 (m, 2H), 7.45-7.40 (m,2H), 7.32 (m, 1H), 4.56 (br s, 1H), 3.03-2.99 (m, 2H), 2.88-2.83 (m,2H), 2.11-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.61 (m, 2H), 1.45-1.38 (m, 10H), 1.36 (s,6H), 1.26-1.16 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 409 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3654-amino-N-((1-(2-(biphenyl-4-yl)propan-2-yl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

To the compound prepared in Example 364 (0.034 g) in dioxane (1 mL) wasadded 4 mol/L hydrogen chloride (2.0 mL) in dioxane. The reactionsolution was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and thenconcentrated to obtain a solid residue (34 mg).

A portion of this solid (0.014 g),1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.018 g),and 4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid were combined intetrahydrofuran (0.8 mL). Triethylamine (0.058 mL) was then added, andthe reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. Thereaction mixture was diluted with saturated sodium bicarbonate andextracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organics were washed withbrine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue waspurified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethylacetate:hexanes=9:1) to obtain the title compound (0.015 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.80 (br t, J=5.9 Hz, 1H), 7.61-7.56 (m, 4H),7.53-7.51 (m, 2H), 7.45-7.41 (m, 2H), 7.32 (m, 1H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 5.07(br s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 2.91-2.85(m, 2H), 2.14-2.07 (m, 2H), 1.71-1.66 (m, 2H), 1.57 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t,J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.37-1.25 (m, 8H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 498 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3664-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(4-(pyridin-2-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(pyridin-2-yl)benzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.68 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 7.93 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H),7.80-7.79 (m, 1H), 7.75-7.71 (m, 2H), 7.41 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.23-7.21(m, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.10 (s, 1H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.55 (s,2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.94-2.91 (m, 2H), 2.01-1.96 (m, 2H),1.69-1.56 (m, 4H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.42-1.39 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 471 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3674-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(4-(pyrazin-2-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(pyrazin-2-yl)benzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.02 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.65-8.60 (m, 1H), 8.50 (d,J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.96 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.86-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.46 (d, J=8.2Hz, 2H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.11 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.56 (s,2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.97-2.88 (m, 2H), 2.06-1.94 (m, 2H),1.76-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.54 (m, 2H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.31(m, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 472 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3684-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(4-(pyrimidin-5-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(pyrimidin-5-yl)benzaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.20 (s, 1H), 8.95 (s, 2H), 7.85-7.76 (m, 1H),7.55-7.50 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.45 (m, 2H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.11 (s, 2H), 4.43(q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.56 (s, 2H), 3.35 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.97-2.87 (m,2H), 2.02-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.68-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t,J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.41-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 472 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3694-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(3-(pyrazin-2-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using3-(pyrazin-2-yl)benzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 9.03 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.65-8.62 (m, 1H), 8.51 (d,J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.96 (s, 1H), 7.90-7.87 (m, 1H), 7.83-7.77 (m, 1H),7.47-7.43 (m, 2H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.12 (s, 2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H),3.59 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.97-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.05-1.97 (m,2H), 1.75-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H),1.40-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 472 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3704-amino-N-((1-(biphenyl-4-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, usingbiphenyl-4-carbaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.59 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 7.54 (d,J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.43 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 7.39-7.31 (m, 3H), 7.21 (s, 1H),5.17 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz,2H), 2.98-2.91 (m, 2H), 2.04-1.95 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.60(m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 470 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3714-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((4-(pyridin-4-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(pyridin-4-yl)benzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.65 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 7.83-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.59 (d,J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.50 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 7.43 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.19 (s,1H), 5.13 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.55 (s, 2H), 3.35 (t, J=6.5Hz, 2H), 2.95-2.89 (m, 2H), 2.04-1.96 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.68 (m, 2H),1.66-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 471 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3724-amino-N-((1-(biphenyl-3-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, usingbiphenyl-3-carbaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.62-7.57 (m, 2H), 7.53 (s, 1H),7.50-7.27 (m, 6H), 7.20 (s, 1H), 5.14 (s, 2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H),3.56 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.04-1.94 (m,2H), 1.74-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H),1.39-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 470 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3734-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(3-(pyridin-2-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using3-(pyridin-2-yl)benzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.69 (d, J=4.9 Hz, 1H), 7.92 (s, 1H), 7.86 (d, J=7.4Hz, 1H), 7.83-7.70 (m, 3H), 7.45-7.35 (m, 2H), 7.24-7.20 (m, 1H), 7.18(s, 1H), 5.10 (s, 2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.58 (s, 2H), 3.33 (t,J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.99-2.89 (m, 2H), 2.05-1.94 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.66 (m, 2H),1.65-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.39-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 471 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3744-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(3-(pyridin-3-yl)benzyppiperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using3-(pyridin-3-yl)benzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.85 (d, J=1.7 Hz, 1H), 8.60-8.57 (m, 1H), 7.90-7.86(m, 1H), 7.84-7.79 (m, 1H), 7.54 (s, 1H), 7.49-7.39 (m, 2H), 7.38-7.33(m, 2H), 7.22 (s, 1H), 5.22 (s, 2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.57 (s,2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.97-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.05-1.96 (m, 2H),1.75-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.57 (m, 2H), 1.43 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.34(m, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 471 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3754-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(3-(pyridin-4-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using3-(pyridin-4-yl)benzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde,the title compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.66 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 2H), 7.85-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.59 (s,1H), 7.55-7.49 (m, 3H), 7.46-7.36 (m, 2H), 7.21 (s, 1H), 5.17 (s, 2H),4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.96-2.89(m, 2H), 2.04-1.96 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.56 (m, 1H), 1.43(t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 471 (M+H)⁺.

Example 376N-((1-(4-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)benzaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.91 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.85-7.80 (m, 1H), 7.72 (d,J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.63 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.39 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 2H), 7.25 (s,1H), 6.46 (t, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 5.26 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.52(s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.94-2.88 (m, 2H), 2.03-1.94 (m, 2H),1.75-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.39-1.32(m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 460 (M+H)⁺.

Example 377N-((1-(4-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)benzaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.53 (s, 1H), 8.10 (s,1H), 7.85-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.61 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.46 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H),7.21 (s, 1H), 5.17 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.54 (s, 2H), 3.34(t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.93-2.85 (m, 2H), 2.03-1.95 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.68 (m,2H), 1.67-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.39-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 461 (M+H)⁺.

Example 378N-((1-(4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84 (s, 1H), 7.83-7.79 (m, 1H), 7.45-7.40 (m, 2H),7.35-7.31 (m, 2H), 7.28-7.26 (m, 1H), 7.22-7.19 (m, 2H), 5.19 (s, 2H),4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.54 (s, 2H), 3.35 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.95-2.87(m, 2H), 2.04-1.96 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.68-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.44(t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.41-1.34 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 460 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3794-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(4-morpholinobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-morpholinobenzaldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.82-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.22-7.17 (m, 3H), 6.86 (d, J=8.6Hz, 2H), 5.09 (s, 2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.88-3.82 (m, 4H), 3.42(s, 2H), 3.32 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.17-3.11 (m, 4H), 2.93-2.85 (m, 2H),1.97-1.88 (m, 2H), 1.73-1.64 (m, 2H), 1.57 (s, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz,3H), 1.35 (s, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 479 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3804-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)benzaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.80 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 1H), 7.25 (s, 1H), 7.18 (d, J=8.5Hz, 2H), 6.87 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 5.30 (s, 2H), 4.42 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H),3.41 (s, 2H), 3.32 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.23-3.16 (m, 4H), 2.94-2.86 (m,2H), 2.61-2.53 (m, 4H), 2.35 (s, 3H), 1.98-1.88 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.65 (m,2H), 1.63-1.52 (m, 1H), 1.43 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.39-1.29 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 492 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3814-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2′-methylbiphenyl-4-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using2′-methylbiphenyl-4-carbaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.36-7.31 (m, 2H), 7.29-7.21 (m,6H), 7.20 (s, 1H), 5.12 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.54 (s, 2H),3.35 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.99-2.92 (m, 2H), 2.27 (s, 3H), 2.05-1.95 (m,2H), 1.76-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H),1.41-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 484 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3824-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-1-((4′-methylbiphenyl-4-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4′-methylbiphenyl-4-carbaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.54-7.45 (m, 4H), 7.35 (d, J=8.0Hz, 2H), 7.24 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 5.08 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q,J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.52 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.89 (m, 2H),2.39 (s, 3H), 2.04-1.94 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.57 (m, 1H),1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 484 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3834-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(4-(pyrimidin-2-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(pyrimidin-2-yl)benzaldehyde (prepared according to the reportedpreparation in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2005 15(3),631-634) instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.80 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 8.38 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 2H),7.85-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.48-7.40 (m, 2H), 7.18 (s, 2H), 5.08 (s, 2H), 4.43(q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.97-2.86 (m,2H), 2.03-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t,J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 472 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3844-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-(4-(2-methylthiazol-4-yl)benzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using4-(2-methylthiazol-4-yl)benzaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.81 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.34 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.28(s, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.11 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.52 (s,2H), 3.49 (s, 1H), 3.33 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.95-2.87 (m, 2H), 2.77 (s,3H), 2.01-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.74-1.66 (m, 2H), 1.65-1.58 (m, 1H), 1.44 (t,J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.39-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 491 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3854-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((3′-methylbiphenyl-4-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using3′-methylbiphenyl-4-carbaldehyde instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.85-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.53 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.41-7.29(m, 5H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 7.15 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 1H), 5.11 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q,J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 2.98-2.90 (m, 2H),2.42 (s, 3H), 2.05-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.58 (m, 1H),1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.41-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 484 (M+H)⁺.

Example 386 Methyl 3′-((dimethylamino)methyl)biphenyl-4-carboxylate

A solution of methyl 3′-formylbiphenyl-4-carboxylate (0.338 g) wasdissolved in 2 mol/L dimethylamine in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) andstirred at room temperature for 1 hour. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride(0.895 g) was added. The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 5days and then partitioned between saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonateand ethyl acetate. The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material, whichwas purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 0-5%methanol/dichloromethane (0.5% triethylamine) to furnish the titlecompound (0.112 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR(CDCl₃): δ 8.13-8.07 (m, 2H), 7.70-7.63 (m, 2H), 7.60-7.39 (m,3H), 7.36-7.32 (m, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.50 (s, 2H), 2.28 (s, 6H).

Example 387 (3′-dimethylamino)methylbiphenyl-4-yl)methanol

The compound prepared in Example 386 (0.112 g) was dissolved intetrahydrofuran (5 mL) and cooled to 0° C. Lithium aluminum hydride(0.032 g) was added and the reaction was allowed to warm to roomtemperature overnight. The reaction mixture was partitioned betweensaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and ethyl acetate. The organicswere dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reducedpressure to furnish the title compound (0.089 g) having the followingphysical data.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 242 (M+H)⁺.

Example 388 3′-((dimethylamino)methyl)biphenyl-4-carbaldehyde

The compound prepared in Example 387 (0.089 g) was dissolved intetrahydrofuran (5 mL) and treated with manganese oxide (0.962 g) for 2hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethylacetate and filtered through celite (trade mark) to furnish the titlecompound (0.062 g) having the following physical data.

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 240 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3894-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((3′-((dimethylamino)methyl)biphenyl-4-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecompound prepared in Example 388 instead of2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having the followingphysical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.84-7.77 (m, 1H), 7.57-7.46 (m, 3H), 7.41-733 (m,3H), 7.30-7.26 (m, 2H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 5.09 (s, 2H), 4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz,2H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.49 (s, 2H), 3.37-3.31 (m, 2H), 2.97-2.89 (m, 2H),2.27 (s, 6H), 2.03-1.94 (m, 2H), 1.77-1.67 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.56 (m, 1H),1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 527 (M+H)⁺.

Example 390N-((1-(2,2′-bipyridin-5-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 334 (0.009 g),5-(bromomethyl)-2,2′-bipyrdine (0.008 g, prepared according to thereported preparation in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006,128(1), 250-256) and cesium carbonate (0.019 g) were heated to 80° C.for 16 hours in N,N-dimethylformamide (2 mL). The reaction mixture waspartitioned between saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and ethylacetate. The organics were washed with brine, dried over magnesiumsulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crudematerial, which was purified by flash column chromatography (eluant:1-4% (9:1 methanol:ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to furnish thetitle compound (0.006 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.68 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 8.59 (s, 1H), 8.41-8.32 (m,2H), 7.84-7.76 (m, 3H), 7.34-7.27 (m, 1H), 7.19 (s, 1H), 5.13 (s, 2H),4.43 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.95-2.86(m, 2H), 2.07-1.97 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.44(t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.40-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 472 (M+H)⁺.

Example 391 Tert-Butyl(1-((2-(2-fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

According to the same procedure described in Example 213, using thecompound prepared in Example 144 instead of2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.27-8.21 (m, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.41-7.34 (m, 1H),7.25-7.16 (m, 2H), 4.59 (bs, 1H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.06-3.00 (m, 2H), 2.95(d, J=10.2 Hz, 2H), 2.03 (t, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.68 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 2H),1.51-1.40 (m, 10H), 1.34-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 428 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 392(1-((2-(2-Fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanamineTrihydrochloride

According to the same procedure described in Example 214, using thecompound prepared in Example 391 instead of the compound prepared inExample 213, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 11.45 (s, 1H), 8.30-8.14 (m, 4H), 7.63-7.56 (m, 1H),7.50-7.39 (m, 2H), 6.85 (bs, 2H), 4.65 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 2H), 3.44 (d,J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 3.00-2.89 (m, 2H), 2.74-2.67 (m, 2H), 2.01-1.83 (m, 3H),1.64-1.51 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 306 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3934-Amino-6-chloro-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(2-fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

A solution of 1,1′-carbodiimidazole (0.15 g) and4-amino-6-chloro-5-cyanopicolinic acid (0.14 g, prepared according tothe reported preparation in Zhao, Hongyu, et al.; J. Med. Chem. 2006,49(15), 4455-4458) in N,N-dimethylformamide (3.5 mL) was stirred onehour at room temperature. The compound prepared in Example 392 (0.30 g)and triethylamine (0.60 mL) were added and the reaction was stirred forone hour more. A saturated sodium bicarbonate solution was added and themixture was vigorously stirred overnight. The mixture was diluted withwater and then filtered. The solids were evaporated from acetone andthen a 1:1 dichloromethane:toluene solution. The solids were trituratedwith dichloromethane to furnish the title compound (0.22 g) having thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.57 (t, J=5.9 Hz, 1H), 8.20 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.82(s, 1H), 7.81-7.67 (bs, 1H), 7.56-7.49 (m, 1H), 7.45-7.34 (m, 4H), 3.76(s, 2H), 3.15 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.86 (d, J=11.0 Hz, 2H), 1.96 (t,J=11.0 Hz, 2H), 1.65-1.53 (m, 3H), 1.24-1.10 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 485 (M+H)⁺.

Example 3944-Amino-5-cyano-6-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-N-((1-((2-(2-fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 393 instead of the compound prepared inExample 215 and cyclopropylmethanol instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.27-8.20 (m, 1H), 7.82-7.75 (m, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H),7.42-7.35 (m, 1H), 7.25-7.16 (m, 3H), 5.16 (s, 2H), 4.21 (d, J=7.0 Hz,2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.97 (d, J=11 Hz, 2H),2.10-2.01 (m, 2H), 1.73 (d, J=12.5 Hz, 2H), 1.67-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.24(m, 3H), 0.66-0.60 (m, 2H), 0.40-0.35 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 543 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 3954-Amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(2-fluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-isopropoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 393 instead of the compound prepared inExample 215 and isopropanol instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.26-8.20 (m, 1H), 7.85-7.78 (m, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H),7.41-7.35 (m, 1H), 7.27-7.15 (m, 3H), 5.37 (s, 2H), 5.32-5.24 (m, 1H),3.78 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 2.97 (d, J=11.0 Hz, 2H), 2.11-2.01(m, 2H), 1.72 (d, J=12.5 Hz, 2H), 1.66-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.45-1.33 (m, 8H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 531 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 3964-Amino-5-cyano-6-(neopentyloxy)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using2,2-dimethylpropan-1-ol instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H),7.84-7.76 (m, 2H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.32-7.28 (m, 1H), 7.25 (m, 1H), 5.29(s, 2H), 4.00 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.97 (d,J=11.0 Hz, 2H), 2.12-2.05 (m, 2H), 1.72 (d, J=12.5 Hz, 2H), 1.67-1.56(m, 1H), 1.43-1.32 (m, 2H), 1.06 (s, 9H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 542 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 397 Tert-Butyl(1-((2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate

According to the same procedure described in Example 213, using thecompound prepared in Example 345 instead of2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.78 (2, 1H), 7.38-7.33 (m, 1H), 7.06-7.02 (m, 2H),4.59 (bs, 1H), 3.79 (s, 2H), 3.04-2.94 (m, 4H), 2.04 (t, J=11.7 Hz, 2H),1.68 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.51-1.40 (m, 10H), 1.31-1.25 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 446 (M+Na)⁺.

Example 398(1-((2-(2,6-Difluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methanamineDihydrochloride

According to the same procedure described in Example 214, using thecompound prepared in Example 397 instead of the compound prepared inExample 213, the title compound which was used without furtherpurification.

Example 3994-Amino-6-chloro-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 215, using thecompound prepared in Example 398 instead of the compound prepared inExample 214, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.88-7.85 (m, 1H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H),7.40-7.32 (m, 1H), 7.04 (t, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 5.50 (bs, 2H), 3.80 (s, 2H),3.34 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.98 (bd, J=10.2 Hz, 2H), 2.06 (t, J=11.0 Hz,2H), 1.75 (bd, J=12.5 Hz, 2H), 1.68-1.52 (m, 1H), 1.42-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 503 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4004-Amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-isopropoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 399 instead of the compound prepared inExample 215 and isopropanol instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR. (CDCl₃): δ 7.78 (bs, 2H), 7.40-7.33 (m, 1H), 7.17 (s, 1H), 7.04(t, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 5.32-5.26 (m, 1H), 5.09 (bs, 2H), 3.80 (s, 2H), 3.34(t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.98 (bd, J=11.0 Hz, 2H), 2.07 (t, J=11.0 Hz, 2H),1.73 (bd, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.65-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.42-1.37 (m, 8H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 527 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4014-amino-5-cyano-6-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-N-((1-((2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 204, using thecompound prepared in Example 399 instead of the compound prepared inExample 215 and cyclopropylmethanol instead of 1-cyclopropylethanol, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.78 (bs, 2H), 7.40-7.32 (m, 1H), 7.20 (s, 1H), 7.04(t, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 5.16 (bs, 2H), 4.21 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.80 (s, 2H),3.34 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.97 (bd, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 2.06 (t, J=11.0 Hz,2H), 1.72 (bd, J=11.7 Hz, 2H), 1.66-1.57 (m, 1H), 1.42-1.35 (m, 2H),1.33-1.28 (m, 1H), 0.66-0.61 (m, 2H), 0.40-0.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 539 (M+H)⁺.

Example 402 4-Amino-6-chloropyridin-2(1H)-one

2-Chloro-6-ethoxypyridin-4-amine (10.0 g, prepared according to thereported preparation in J. Med. Chem., (2006), 49 (12), 3563-3580) andaluminum trichloride (19.3 g) were suspended in toluene (300 mL) andheated at reflux under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture wascooled to room temperature and partitioned between saturated aqueousRochelle's salt and ethyl acetate and vigorously stirred overnight. Thebiphasic mixture was filtered. The aqueous was repeatedly extracted withethyl acetate. The combined organics were dried, magnesium sulfate andconcentrated under reduced pressure to furnish the title compound (4.23g), which was used without further purification, possessing thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 10.53 (br s, 1H), 6.18 (s, 2H), 6.05 (s, 1H), 5.59(s, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 145 (M+H)⁺.

Example 403 4-Amino-6-chloropyridin-2-yl trifluoromethanesulfonate

The compound prepared in Example 402 (4.190 g) was suspended in dimethylformamide (150 mL) and triethylamine (12.12 mL).1,1,1-Trifluoro-N-phenyl-N-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methanesulfonamide(10.87 g) was added in one portion and stirred at room temperatureovernight. The reaction mixture was partitioned between saturatedaqueous sodium bicarbonate and ethyl acetate. The organics were washedwith brine, dried, magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reducedpressure to afford the crude material, which was purified by flashcolumn chromatography (elunant 10-30% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to furnishthe title compound (7.428 g), possessing the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.26 (s, 1H), 6.58 (d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 6.28 (d, J=1.6Hz, 1H), 4.61 (br, s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 275 (M−H)⁻.

Example 404 Methyl 4-amino-6-chloropicolinate

The compound prepared in Example 403 (8.086 g),1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenedichlrorpalladium (II) (0.7374 g)and triethyl amine (12.22 mL) were suspended in methanol (300 mL) in asteel bomb. The reaction mixture was charged with 80 psi of carbonmonoxide and heated at 80° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was cooledto room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure to affordthe crude material, which was purified by flash column chromatography(eluant 30-50% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to furnish the title compound(3.120 g), possessing the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.21 (s, 1H), 6.75 (s, 2H), 6.65 (s, 1H), 3.82 (s,3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 187 (M+H)⁺.

Example 405 Methyl 4-amino-5,6-dichloropicolinate

The compound prepared in Example 404 (3.120 g) and N-chlorosuccinimide(2.456 g) were suspended in dimethyl formamide (100 mL) and stirred at50° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was heated at 70° C. for afurther 3 hours. The reaction mixture was added drop-wise to a stirredsolution of 1:1 saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and water. Theslurry was filtered and the solids dried under high vacuum to furnishthe title compound (2.438 g), possessing the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.41 (s, 1H), 7.09 (br s, 2H), 3.83 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 221 (M+H)⁺.

Example 406 4-Amino-5,6-dichloropicolinic Acid

The compound prepared in Example 405 (2.438 g) and potassiumtrimethylsilanolate (2.971 g) were suspended in tetrahydrofuran (100 mL)and stirred at reflux for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was dissolved inwater and added to 1 N hydrochloric acid. Ethyl acetate was added andthe system stirred at room temperature. The organics were dried,magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to furnish thetitle compound (2.250 g), which was used without further purification,possessing the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 13.22 (br, s, 1H), 7.39 (s, 1H), 7.03 (br s, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Neg.): m/z 205 (M−H)⁻.

Example 4074-amino-5,6-dichloro-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 406 (0.533 g),benzotriazole-1-yl-oxy-tris-(dimethylamino)-phosphoniumhexafluorophosphate (2.0098 g), the compound prepared in Example 214(1.3315 g) and triethyl amine were suspended in dimethyl formamide (40mL) and stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture waspoured onto saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and ethyl acetate. Theorganics were washed with brine, dried over with magnesium sulfate andconcentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude material. Thecrude material was purified by flash column chromatography (eluantgradient elution 1-5% (9:1=methanol: ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate)to furnish the title compound (0.902 g), possessing the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=8.0, 1H) 7.87-7.75(m, 2H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.48 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.28 (m, 1H), 4.97 (s, 2H),3.78 (s, 2H), 3.32 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 3.01-2.93 (m, 2H), 2.13-2.01 (m,2H), 1.79-1.68 (m, 2H), 1.67-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.30 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 447 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4084-Amino-5-chloro-6-(2-hydroxyethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 407 (0.065 g) and 2-aminoethanol (0.008g) were suspended in dimethyl acetamide (3 mL) and heated at 160° C. for30 minutes. The reaction mixture was heated at 200° C. for 1 hour. Thereaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and partitioned betweensaturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and ethyl acetate. The organicswere washed with brine, dried, magnesium sulfate and concentrated underreduced pressure to afford the crude material. The crude material waspurified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 1-4%(9:1=methanol:ammonium hydroxide)/ethyl acetate) to furnish the titlecompound (0.037 g), possessing the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.58 (d, J=4.3 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.93(t, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 7.80-7.76 (M, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m, 1H),7.02 (s, 1H), 5.30 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 1H), 4.69 (s, 2H), 3.87 (t, J=5.3 Hz,2H), 3.76 (s, 2H), 3.65 (q, J=5.5, 2H), 3.32 (t, J=6.1 Hz, 2H),3.00-2.89 (m, 2H), 2.12-2.01 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.65 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.53 (m,1H), 1.46-1.32 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 502 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4094-Amino-6-(3-aminopropylamino)-5-chloro-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 408, usingpropane-1,3-diamine instead of 2-aminoethanol, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.59 (d, J=4.5 Hz, 1H), 8.18-8.02 (m, 2H), 7.81-7.74(m, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.33-7.27 (m, 1H), 6.98 (s, 1H), 5.47-5.34 (m,1H), 4.61 (s, 1H), 4.55 (s, 1H), 3.76 (d, J=3.3 Hz, 2H), 3.61-3.45 (m,3H), 3.30 (d, J=4.5 Hz, 2H), 3.00-2.84 (m, 2H), 2.46 (s, 2H), 2.11-2.00(m, 2H), 1.98-1.90 (m, 2H), 1.86-1.78 (m, 1H), 1.77-1.65 (m, 2H),1.65-1.50 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.29 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 515 (M+H)⁺.

Example 410(R)-4-amino-5-chloro-6-(1-hydroxypropan-2-ylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 408, using(R)-2-aminopropan-1-ol instead of 2-aminoethanol, the title compoundhaving the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.57 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.12 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.93-7.87 (m, 1H), 7.75 (s, 1H), 7.46-7.39 (m, 1H), 6.86 (s, 1H),4.33-4.22 (m, 1H), 3.84 (s, 2H), 3.68-3.60 (m, 1H), 3.58-3.51 (m, 1H),3.40 (d, J=5.6 Hz, 1H), 3.30-3.26 (m, 2H), 3.04-2.97 (m, 2H), 2.19-2.09(m, 2H), 1.80-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.70-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.44-1.31 (m, 2H), 1.25(d, J=6.7 Hz, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 516 (M+H)⁺.

Example 411(R)-4-amino-5-chloro-6-(2,3-dihydroxypropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 408, using(R)-3-aminopropane-1,2-diol instead of 2-aminoethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.58 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.96-7.87 (m, 1H), 7.81 (s, 1H), 7.47-7.40 (m, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H), 4.01(s, 2H), 3.87-3.69 (m, 2H), 3.54 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 2H), 3.47-3.38 (m, 1H),3.29-3.24 (m, 2H), 3.18-3.07 (m, 2H), 2.42-2.25 (m, 2H), 1.87-1.77 (m,2H), 1.77-1.65 (m, 1H), 1.49-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 532 (M+H)⁺.

Example 412(S)-4-amino-5-chloro-6-(2,3-dihydroxypropylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 408, using(S)-3-aminopropane-1,2-diol instead of 2-aminoethanol, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.57 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.13 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H),7.95-7.87 (m, 1H), 7.80 (s, 1H), 7.46-7.39 (m, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H), 3.98(s, 2H), 3.86-3.70 (m, 2H), 3.55 (d, J=5.3 Hz, 2H), 3.46-3.38 (m, 1H),3.30-3.26 (m, 2H), 3.14-3.05 (m, 2H), 2.37-2.22 (m, 2H), 1.86-1.76 (m,2H), 1.76-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.47-1.33 (m, 2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 532 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4134-Amino-5-cyano-6-(2-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)ethylamino)-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 161, using2-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)ethanamine instead of morpholine, the titlecompound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 10.88 (s, 1H), 8.64-8.58 (m, 1H), 8.23-8.16 (m, 1H),8.11-8.06 (m, 1H), 7.98-7.90 (m, 1H), 7.77 (s, 1H), 7.55-7.43 (m, 2H),7.16 (s, 1H), 7.11-7.05 (m, 1H), 6.90 (s, 2H), 6.84-6.76 (m, 1H),6.75-6.69 (m, 1H), 6.66 (s, 1H), 5.76 (s, 1H), 3.70 (s, 3H), 3.18-3.08(m, 2H), 2.97-2.90 (m, 2H), 2.82-2.74 (m, 2H), 1.94-1.83 (m, 2H),1.61-1.50 (m, 2H), 1.49-1.35 (m, 1H), 1.21-1.07 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 610 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4144-Amino-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

The compound prepared in Example 214 (0.44 g),1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.25 g),4-aminopicolinic acid (0.18 g), 1-hyroxybenzotriazole hydrate (0.20 g)and N-ethyl-N-isopropylpropan-2-amine (1.2 ml) were combined indimethylacetamide (8 mL) and the reaction was allowed to stir 2 days.The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with aqueoussodium bicarbonate and brine. The organic phase was dried over magnesiumsulfate, filtered, concentrated and purified by column chromatographyusing an eluant (2 to 6% methanol/dichloromethane) to provide the titlecompound (0.05 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=3.9 Hz, 1H), 8.15-8.12 (m, 3H), 7.78 (dt,J=7.8, 2.3, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.43 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m,1H), 6.59 (dd, J=5.5, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 5.30 (bs, 2H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.34 (t,J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.96 (bd, J=11.0 Hz, 2H), 2.06 (dt, J=11.7, 2.3 Hz, 2H),1.76 (bd, J=12.5 Hz, 2H), 1.65-1.62 (m, 1H), 1.43-1.36 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 409 (M+H)⁺.

Example 415 Tert-Butyl 4-carbamoyl-4-methylpiperidine-1-carboxylate

1-Ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.284 g)was added to a mixture of 1-hyroxybenzotriazole hydrate (0.227 g) and1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-4-methylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid (0.300 g)in dichloromethane (6 mL). Diisopropylethylamine (0.644 mL) was addedand the reaction was stirred overnight. Ammonia (7 mol/L; 5.28 mL) inmethanol was syringed in and the reaction was stirred for 2 hours atroom temperature. The volatiles were removed in vacuo. The residue wassuspended in ethyl acetate (500 mL) and stirred for 15 minutes with asaturated ammonium chloride solution (250 mL). The layers were separatedand the organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous sodiumbicarbonate solution (300 mL). The aqueous phase was extracted once withethyl acetate (200 mL). The combined organics were dried with magnesiumsulfate, and then concentrated to afford the title compound as a tansolid (0.299 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 3.49-3.59 (m, 2H), 2.98-3.06 (br, 2H), 1.86-1.92 (m,2H), 1.38 (s, 9H), 1.18-1.25 (m, 4H), 1.06 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 143 (M+H−Boc)⁺.

Example 416 Tert-Butyl 4-(aminomethyl)-4-methylpiperidine-1-carboxylate

Borane-tetrahydrofuran complex (10 mL) was added to a cold (0° C.)solution of the compound prepared in Example 415 (0.309 g) intetrahydrofuran (6 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was refluxedovernight, cooled to 0° C., treated with methanol (13 mL), andevaporated in vacuo. The residue was diluted with methanol (5 mL) andrefluxed for 1 hour. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo, taken in ethylacetate, washed with saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate,brine, dried, evaporated in vacuo to an oil that was purified by columnchromatography on silica gel (1-10% methanol in dichloromethane) toafford the title compound as a clear oil (0.119 g) with the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 4.52 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 2H), 3.48-3.54 (m, 2H), 3.14 (d,J=4.7 Hz, 2H), 3.04-3.09 (m, 2H), 1.38 (s, 9H), 1.31-1.36 (m, 2H),1.11-1.19 (m, 2H), 0.86 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 229 (M+H)⁺.

Example 417 Tert-Butyl4-((4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinamido)methyl)-4-methylpiperidine-1-carboxylate

A solution of 4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxypicolinic acid (0.100 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (2.5 mL) was treated with1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.102 g),1-hyroxybenzotriazole hydrate (0.0813 g), followed bydiisopropylethylamine (0.252 mL) at room temperature. After stirring for15 minutes, the compound prepared in Example 416 (0.116 g) was added.Stirring was continued overnight, the mixture diluted with water,organic layer separated and washed with brine, dried, evaporated invacuo to a beige paste that was triturated in ether and solids collectedby filtration (0.584 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.31 (br, 2H), 7.11 (s, 1H), 4.51 (t, J=5.5 Hz, 1H),4.37 (dd, J=7.1, 14.1 Hz, 2H), 3.48-3.56 (m, 2H), 3.13-3.19 (m, 2H),1.38 (s, 9H), 1.28-1.34 (m, 9H), 0.86 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 419 (M+

Example 4184-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((4-methylpiperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamidebis-trifluoroacetate

According to the same procedure described in Example 11, using thecompound prepared in Example 417 instead of the compound prepared inExample 10, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.41 (br, 1H), 7.35 (br, 2H), 7.32 (s, 1H), 4.38 (q,J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.13 (br, 2H), 4.25 (br, 2H), 3.03-3.17 (m, 4H),1.63-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.48-1.56 (m, 2H), 1.32 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.06 (s,3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 319 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4194-Amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((4-methyl-1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 35, using thecompound prepared in Example 418 instead of the compound prepared inExample 11 and the compound prepared in Example 139 instead of4-phenylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde, the title compound having thefollowing physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.61-8.63 (m, 1H), 8.08-8.10 (m, 1H), 7.92-7.97 (m,1H), 7.80 (s, 1H), 7.45-7.48 (m, 1H), 7.37-7.32 (br, 2H), 7.11 (s, 1H),4.71 (br, 1H), 4.39 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 4.04 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H),2.54-2.59 (m, 2H), 2.34-2.40 (m, 2H), 1.56-1.61 (m, 2H), 1.37-1.41 (m,2H), 1.32 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.01 (s, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 493 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4204-Amino-5-chloro-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16 and startingwith 4-amino-5-chloro-6-ethoxypicolinic acid (prepared according to thereported preparation in J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49, 4455) instead of4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoic acid and the compound prepared in Example 214instead of the compound prepared in Example 9, the title compound havingthe following physical data was obtained. ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.61 (d,J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.33 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.94 (td,J=1.7, 7.7 Hz, 2H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.47 (ddd, J=1.1, 4.8, 7.5 Hz, 1H),7.09 (s, 1H), 6.50 (s, 1H), 4.45 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.73 (s, 2H), 3.16(t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 2.85-2.88 (m, 2H), 1.97 (t, J=10.7 Hz, 2H), 1.60-1.63(m, 2H), 1.50-1.55 (m, 1H), 1.31 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.15-1.24 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 487 (M+H)⁺.

Example 421 6-ethoxy-2-methyl-3-nitropyridine

To a stirred solution of 6-chloro-2-methyl-3-nitropyridine (2.15 g) inethanol (25 mL) was added sodium ethoxide (4.88 mL) solution at roomtemperature. The reaction mixture immediately turned dark purple and wasrefluxed for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool down toroom temperature, concentrated in vacuo, and poured into ice. Theprecipitated solids were collected by filtration to provide the titlecompound (1.88 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.36 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 6.85 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 4.42(q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 2.71 (s, 3H), 1.34 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 422 (E)-2-(6-ethoxy-3-nitropyridin-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylethenamine

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 421 (1.88 g)in N,N-dimethylformamide (25 mL) was added N,N-dimethylformamidedimethylacetal (1.61 mL) at room temperature. The resulting purplesolution was placed in an oil bath and heating was started to 140° C.The mixture was heated for 30 minutes, cooled to room temperature, thesolvent evaporated in vacuo, coevaporated from methanol and driedfurther under high vacuum for 2 hours. This material was triturated in1:1 hexane-ether and collected by filtration to afford the titlecompound as red solids (2.2 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.19 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=12.3 Hz, 1H),6.31 (d, J=12.3 Hz, 1H), 6.24 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 4.41 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H),3.04 (br, 6H), 1.33 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 423 6-ethoxy-3-nitropicolinaldehyde

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 422 (2.2 g) intetrahydrofuran (40 mL) was added sodium periodate (5.95 g) in water (40mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. Thesuspended inorganic solids were filtered out, washed withtetrahydrofuran and the filtrate evaporated in vacuo. The residue wastaken in small amount of water and extracted with chloroform, dried,evaporated in vacuo to a brown oil and further dried under high vacuumto afford the title compound (1.6 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.32 (s, 1H), 8.27 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 6.96 (d, J=9.0Hz, 1H), 4.55 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 1.44 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 196 (M+H)⁺.

Example 424 6-ethoxy-3-nitropicolinic Acid

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 423 (1.66 g)in dioxane (40 mL) at room temperature was added 2-methyl-2-butene (2.0mol/L; 25.811 mL) in tetrahydrofuran. To the resulting stirred solutionwas added a solution of sodium chlorite (4.2095 g) and sodium phosphatemonobasic monohydrate (4.2039 g) in water (28 mL). The resultingtwo-phase mixture was vigorously stirred at room temperature. The colorof the reaction mixture lightened considerably over the first 30minutes. After 18 hours, the reaction mixture was diluted with ethylacetate (50 mL) and transferred to a separatory funnel. The aqueouslayer was acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid to about pH 1.5,and the resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organiclayer was dried, evaporated and dried further under high vacuo toprovide the title compound (2.2 g) as a pale orange oil with thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.95 (br, 1H), 8.47 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 7.10 (d,J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 4.43 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.38 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 211 (M−H)⁻.

Example 425 Methyl 6-ethoxy-3-nitropicolinate

A mixture of the compound prepared in Example 424 (1.8 g) inN,N-dimethylformamide (25 mL) was treated with potassium carbonate (1.76g), followed by iodomethane (2.65 mL). The mixture was stirred at roomtemperature overnight. The solvent was concentrated in vacuo and theresidue diluted with water, crude precipitated solids were collected byfiltration, 2.14 g. These solids were taken in dichloromethane andpurified by column chromatography on silica gel (5-25% ethyl acetate inhexanes) to provide the title compound (1.16 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.52 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 7.17 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 4.42(q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.98 (s, 3H), 1.35 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 527 (M+H)⁺.

Example 426 Methyl 3-amino-6-ethoxypicolinate

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 425 (0.200 g,)in tetrahydrofuran (4.5 mL) was added zinc dust (0.5782 g), followed bysaturated aqueous ammonium chloride (4.5 mL). The mixture was stirred atroom temperature for 2 hours. The mixture was diluted with water-ethylacetate and then filtered through paper. The phases were separated,organic layer dried, concentrated in vacuo and the bright yellow oilpurified by column chromatography on silica gel (1-2% methanol indichloromethane) to provide the title compound (0.132 g) as a yellow oilhaving the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 7.26 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 6.85 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 6.39(br, 2H), 4.18 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 3H), 1.27 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

Example 427 Methyl 3-amino-4-chloro-6-ethoxypicolinate

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 426 (0.048 g)in N,N-dimethylformamide (1.2 mL) was added N-chlorosuccinimide (0.0343g). The resulting mixture was heated at 80° C. for 18 hours. The solventwas evaporated and the residue dissolved in dichloromethane and purifiedby column chromatography on silica gel (20% ethyl acetate in hexanes) toobtain the title compound (0.003 g) having the following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 231 (M+H)⁺.

Example 428 3-amino-4-chloro-6-ethoxypicolinic Acid

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 427 (0.025 g) in methanol(1 mL) was treated with sodium hydroxide (0.11 mL) and refluxed for 18hours. This material was evaporated in vacuo and residue dissolved inwater and acidified with 1N hydrochloric acid. The product was extractedwith ethyl acetate, dried, and evaporated in vacuo to provide the titlecompound (0.003 g) having the following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 215 (M−H)⁻.

Example 4293-amino-4-chloro-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecompound prepared in Example 428 instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoicacid and the compound prepared in Example 214 instead of the compoundprepared in Example 9, the title compound having the following physicaldata was obtained.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.78(br, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.31-7.27 (m, 2H), 6.89 (s, 1H), 6.09 (br, 2H),4.23 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.30 (d, J=6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.97 (d,J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 2.07 (t, J=10.6 Hz, 2H), 1.74 (d, J=12.2 Hz, 2H),1.58-1.61 (m, 1H), 1.38 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.26 (br, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 487 (M+H)⁺.

Example 430 Methyl 3-amino-4,5-dichloro-6-ethoxypicolinate

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 426 (0.050 g)in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran (3 mL) and carbon tetrachloride (3 mL)was added n-chlorosuccinimide (0.068 g). The resulting mixture washeated at 60° C. for 4 hours. The solvent was evaporated and theinsoluble solids filtered out and washed with ether. The filtrate wastaken in dichloromethane and purified by column chromatography on silicagel (20% ether in hexanes) to provide the title compound (0.008 g) whichwas used without further characterization.

Example 431 3-amino-4,5-dichloro-6-ethoxypicolinic Acid

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 430 (0.025 g) in methanol(1 mL) was treated with sodium hydroxide (0.094 mL) and refluxed for 3hours. This material was evaporated in vacuo and residue dissolved inwater and acidified with 1 mol/L hydrochloric acid. The product wasextracted with ethyl acetate, dried, and evaporated in vacuo to providethe title compound (0.011 g) with the following physical data.

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 249 (M−H)⁻.

Example 4323-amino-4,5-dichloro-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 16, using thecompound prepared in Example 431 instead of 4-chloro-3-methoxybenzoicacid and the compound prepared in Example 214 instead of the compoundprepared in Example 9, the title compound having the following physicaldata was obtained.

¹H NMR (CD₃OD): δ 8.57 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 8.26-8.35 (br, 1H), 8.13 (d,J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.791 (t, J=7.3 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H), 7.43 (dd, J=5.1,7.4 Hz, 1H), 4.38 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.94 (s, 2H), 3.33-3.29 (m, 2H),3.08 (d, J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 2.24 (t, J=11.5 Hz, 2H), 1.80 (d, J=13.1 Hz,2H), 1.67-1.73 (m, 1H), 1.35-1.39 (m, 5H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 523 (M+H)⁺.

Example 433 4-methoxy-2-phenoxynicotinonitrile

A solution of 2-chloro-4-methoxynicotinonitrile (1.02 g) indimethylacetamide (30 mL) was treated with cesium carbonate (2.96 g)followed by phenol (0.683 g) at room temperature. The mixture was heatedto 75° C. overnight. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, dilutedwith water (100 mL) and the precipitated solids collected by filtration,to provide the title compound (0.964 g) with the following physicaldata.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.23 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 1H), 7.47-7.43 (m, 2H), 7.27 (t,J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 7.21 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.09 (d, J=6.1 Hz, 1H), 4.01 (s,3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 227 (M+H)⁺.

Example 434 4-phenoxy-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-3-amine

A suspension of the compound prepared in Example 433 (0.964 g) inethanol (21 mL) was treated with hydrazine monohydrate (2.073 mL) andrefluxed overnight. A solution was obtained upon heating. The mixturewas cooled to room temperature and diluted with water. The precipitatedsolids were collected by filtration. This material was taken in 10%methanol in dichloromethane, insoluble solids filtered out and thefiltrate purified by column chromatography on silica gel (1-3% methanolin dichloromethane) to provide the title compound (0.415 g) as a beigesolid having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 12.0 (br, 1H), 8.59 (br, 2H), 7.73 (d, J=6.2 Hz,1H), 7.43-7.39 (m, 2H), 7.23 (dd, J=6.5, 13.8 Hz, 2H), 7.13 (d, J=7.6Hz, 1H), 6.81-6.69 (m, 1H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 227 (M+H)⁺.

Example 435 Tert-butyl4-((4-phenoxy-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-3-ylamino)methyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 434 (0.217 g,)in toluene (12 mL) was added tert-butyl 4-formylpiperidine-1-carboxylate(0.205 g). The mixture was evaporated in vacuo to remove water fromimine formed. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.244 g) was added, followedby acetic acid (0.4 mL). After stirring at room temperature for 1 hour,the reaction mixture was quenched with methanol slowly, to decomposeexcess borohydride, and then concentrated in vacuo. Ethyl acetate, wasadded to the residue and then washed with aqueous saturated sodiumbicarbonate, dried, evaporated in vacuo to provide the title compound(0.262 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.59 (br, 1H), 7.44-7.40 (m, 2H), 7.32 (d, J=6.4 Hz,1H), 7.25-7.22 (m, 2H), 6.70 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 6.44 (br, 1H), 4.02 (d,J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 3.95-3.91 (m, 2H), 2.71-2.64 (m, 2H), 2.13-2.07 (m, 1H),1.52-1.49 (m, 2H), 1.39 (s, 12H), 1.19-1.11 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 424 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4364-phenoxy-N-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-3-aminebis(2,2,2-trifluoroacetate)

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 435 (0.262 g) indichloromethane (3 mL) was treated with trifluoroacetic acid (0.6 mL) atroom temperature. After stirring at room temperature for 4 hours, themixture was shaken in dichloromethane and washed with aqueous saturatedsodium bicarbonate, dried, and evaporated in vacuo to provide the titlecompound (0.065 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.55 (br, 1H), 8.26 (br, 1H), 7.50-7.46 (m, 2H),7.36 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 1H), 7.31-7.28 (m, 3H), 6.81 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 1H), 4.10(d, J=6.9 Hz, 2H), 3.29-3.26 (m, 2H), 2.90-2.82 (m, 2H), 2.23-2.19 (m,1H), 1.75-1.72 (m, 2H), 1.47-1.39 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 324 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4374-phenoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-3-amine

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 436 (0.053 g) and thecompound prepared in Example 214 (0.039 g) in acetonitrile (1 mL) wasstirred at room temperature for 30 minutes.Tetramethylammoniumtriacetoxy borohydride (0.094 g) was added andstirring at room temperature continued for 1 hour. The reaction mixturewas quenched with aqueous saturated sodium bicarbonate. After stirringat room temperature for 20 minutes, hopeful product was extracted withethyl acetate, washed with aqueous saturated sodium bicarbonate, dried,evaporated in vacuo to an oil that was purified by column chromatographyon silica gel (1-5% methanol in dichloromethane) to provide the titlecompound (0.008 g) with the following physical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 11.98 (br, 1H), 8.61 (d, J=4.3 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (d,J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.97-7.92 (m, 1H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.49-7.40 (m, 3H), 7.32(d, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 7.25-7.20 (m, 3H), 6.70 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 6.42 (br,1H), 4.02 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.17 (d, =5.2 Hz, 2H),2.89-2.87 (m, 2H), 1.99-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.54-1.51 (m, 1H), 1.38-1.28 (m,2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 498 (M+H)⁺.

Example 438 Ethyl 2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-methylthiazole-5-carboxylate

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 344 (50 g) in ethanol(250 mL) was added ethyl 2-chloroacetoacetate (42 mL) at roomtemperature. The mixture was heated to reflux for 12 hours, cooled andconcentrated. The residue was stirred with hexane (250 mL) for 30minutes, filtered and then washed with hexane (50 mL). The solid wasdried to obtain the title compound (48.6 g) having the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 7.42 (m, 1H), 7.05 (m, 2H), 4.38 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H),2.82 (s, 3H), 1.40 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H);

Example 439 Ethyl2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-((dimethylamino)methyl)thiazole-5-carboxylate

A solution of the compound prepared in Example 438 (5.0 g),N-bromosuccinimide (3.48 g) and benzoyl peroxide (0.428 g) in carbontetrachloride (50 mL) was stirred at reflux overnight. The mixture wascooled, and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate was added. The mixturewas extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organics were washed withwater, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue waspurified by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether: ethylacetate=10:1) to obtain the brominated compound (5.75 g).

To a solution of this compound (5.75 g) in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) wasadded a 2M solution of dimethylamine in tetrahydrofuran (45 mL). Themixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The mixture wasthen diluted with saturated sodium bicarbonate and extracted with ethylacetate. The combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography onsilica gel (petroleum ether: ethyl acetate=5:1) to obtain the titlecompound (2.5 g) having the following physical data.

¹H NMR (d₆-DMSO): δ 7.67 (m, 1H), 7.38-7.33 (m, 2H), 4.33 (q, J=7.0 Hz,2H), 3.96 (s, 2H), 2.24 (s, 6H), 1.32 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 327 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4402-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-((dimethylamino)methyl)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde

To a solution of the compound prepared in Example 439 (12.5 g) indichloromethane (300 mL) at −95° C. was added a 1 mol/L solution ofdiisobutylaluminium hydride (48.5 mL) in hexanes dropwise slowly. Themixture was stirred for 3 hours and then quenched with methanol (50 mL).A solution of Rochelle's salt was then added dropwise. The mixture waswarmed to room temperature and extracted with ethyl acetate. Thecombined extracts were washed with water and then concentrated. Theresidue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleumether: ethyl acetate=5:1) to obtain the title compound (4.3 g) havingthe following physical data.

¹H NMR (d₆-DMSO): δ 10.37 (s, 1H), 7.69 (m, 1H), 7.40-7.33 (m, 2H), 3.98(s, 2H), 2.26 (s, 6H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 283 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4414-amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-4-((dimethylamino)methyl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 101, using thecorresponding aldehyde instead of 2-phenylthiazole-5-carbaldehyde, thetitle compound having the following physical data was obtained.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 8.46 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.61-7.54 (m, 1H), 7.29 (s,2H), 7.28 (t, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 7.04 (s, 1H), 4.47 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.76(s, 2H), 3.54 (s, 2H), 3.17 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.92-2.86 (m, 2H), 2.16(s, 6H), 2.05-1.98 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.59 (m, 2H), 1.58-1.52 (m, 1H), 1.31(t, J=7.0, 3H), 1.20-1.15 (m, 2H);

Mass data (APCI, Pos.): m/z 570.1 (M+H)⁺.

Example 442 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-nitronicotinonitrile

A suspension of 2-hydroxy-6-methylnicotinonitrile (16.5 g) in aceticanhydride (60 mL) was stirred and cooled in an ice-salt bath.Separately, acetic anhydride (16 mL) containing a crystal of urea (21mg) was cooled in an ice-salt bath to 2° C. To the latter mixture wasadded fuming nitric acid (8.6 mL). The mixture evolved nitrogen dioxidegas and became hot. Cooling in the bath was continued until thetemperature reached 8° C. This solution was then added to the nitrilesuspension, which was at −2° C. The temperature rose to 0° C., and thecooling bath was removed. The temperature rose slowly as the mixture wasstirred, and the rate of temperature rise increased as the temperaturerose. When the temperature reached 35° C., the flask was cooled in thebath until the temperature fell to 25° C. The bath was again removed.The temperature rose more slowly this time, and reached a maximum of 34°C. The reaction was allowed to cool on its own, and did not reachambient temperature for about 3 hours. The resulting mixture was allowedto stir at ambient temperature overnight. The mixture was poured into abeaker containing crushed ice (300 g). The mixture was stirred until theice melted, and the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration,washed with ice water, and air-dried to give about 13 g of light yellowsolid. This material was recrystallized from boiling glacial acetic acid(130 mL). The resulting mixture was allowed to cool to ambienttemperature and stirred overnight. The precipitate was collected byfiltration, washed with a small amount of glacial acetic acid, and driedunder vacuum to provide the title compound (8.2 g) with the followingphysical data.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 13.39 (s, 1H), 8.89 (s, 1H), 3.69 (s, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 178 (M−H)⁻.

Example 443 2-chloro-6-methyl-5-nitronicotinonitrile

A suspension of the compound prepared in Example 442 (5.00 g) andphosphorus pentachloride (6.97 g) in phosphorus oxychloride (25 mL) wasstirred and heated in an oil bath set to 110° C. for 30 minutes. Theresulting solution was cooled to ambient temperature and concentrated.The residual liquid was cooled in an ice bath, whereupon a solid formed.This solid was carefully treated with 50% aqueous ethanol (10 mL), andthen the mixture was stirred and heated in the 110° C. oil bath for 5minutes. This redissolved the solid, and then the flask was again placedin the ice bath. The solid reappeared on cooling, and it was collectedby filtration, washed with water, and air-dried. The solid was thenrecrystallized by stirring it with methanol (20 mL), and heating toboiling until all solid dissolved. On cooling to ambient temperaturecrystallization began, and the mixture was stored in the refrigeratorovernight. The crystals were collected by filtration, washed with coldmethanol, and dried under vacuum to provide the title compound (2.09 g)with the following physical data.

1H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.21 (s, 1H), 2.81 (s, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 197 (M−H)⁻.

Example 444 2-ethoxy-6-methyl-5-nitronicotinonitrile

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 443 (2.04 g)in ethanol (50 mL) at ambient temperature was added a 21% solution ofsodium ethoxide in denatured ethanol (4.24 mL). The reaction mixtureimmediately turned dark purple and was stirred at ambient temperaturefor 2.5 hours, then diluted with water (250 mL), and the resultingmixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 days. The mixture waspoured into a separatory funnel and diluted with water (250 mL) andethyl acetate (500 mL). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfateand concentrated to give about 9 g of a dark semisolid. This materialwas partitioned between dichloromethane (200 mL) and water (100 mL). Theorganic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. Theresidue was purified by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with 4/1hexanes/ethyl acetate, to provide the title compound (0.87 g) with thefollowing physical data.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (s, 1H), 4.62 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.85 (s, 3H),1.50 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 206 (M−H)⁻.

Example 445 6-(2-(dimethylamino)vinyl)-2-ethoxy-5-nitronicotinonitrile

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 444 (0.86 g)in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL) at ambient temperature was addedN,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (94%, 0.65 mL). The resultingsolution was stirred and heated to reflux for 30 minutes. After coolingto ambient temperature, the solution was concentrated to provide thetitle compound (1.07 g) with the following physical data.

1H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.52 (s, 1H), 8.08 (d, J=12.4 Hz, 1H), 6.44 (d, J=12.4Hz, 1H), 4.50 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.23 (broad s, 3H), 3.03 (broad s, 3H),1.46 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 263 (M+H)⁺.

Example 446 2-ethoxy-6-formyl-5-nitronicotinonitrile

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 445 (1.07 g)in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) at ambient temperature was added water (20mL), and to the resulting mixture was added sodium periodate (2.62 g).The resulting mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 18 hours.There was a significant amount of precipitate present in the reactionmixture, and it was collected by filtration and washed with 50% aqueoustetrahydrofuran. The combined filtrate and wash were concentrated toremove most of the tetrahydrofuran, and the residue was extracted withchloroform. The organic layers were combined and dried over sodiumsulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography onsilica gel, eluting with 1/1 hexanes/ethyl acetate, to provide the titlecompound (0.61 g) with the following physical data.

1H NMR (CDCl₃): δ 10.35 (s, 1H), 8.68 (d, J=23.2 Hz, 1H), 4.72 (q, J=7.2Hz, 2H), 1.57 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 221 my.

Example 447 5-cyano-6-ethoxy-3-nitropicolinic Acid

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 446 (0.61 g)in dioxane (10 mL) at ambient temperature was added of a 2 mol/Lsolution of 2-methyl-2-butene in tetrahydrofuran (8.4 mL). To theresulting stirred solution was added a solution of sodium chlorite (80%,1.37 g) and sodium dihydrogen phosphate monohydrate (1.37 g) in water (8mL). The resulting mixture was vigorously stirred at ambient temperaturefor 18 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (15mL), and after stirring for 10 minutes, the mixture was transferred to aseparatory funnel. The aqueous layer was acidified with 6M hydrochloricacid to pH 1.5, and then extracted with chloroform (20 mL). The organiclayer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to provide thetitle compound (0.16 g) with the following physical data.

1H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.19 (s, 1H), 4.58 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.40 (t, J=7.2Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Neg.): m/z 237 my.

Example 4485-cyano-6-ethoxy-3-nitro-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 447 (94 mg)and 1-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (67 mg) in N,N-dimethylformamide (2.5mL) at ambient temperature was added1-ethyl-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (84 mg). Theresulting solution was stirred at ambient temperature for 40 minutes,and then the compound prepared in Example 214 (189 mg) was added,followed immediately by N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.35 mL). Theresulting mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 hr 50minutes, and then diluted with water (25 mL). After stirring for 30minutes, the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, washedwith a small amount of water, and dried under vacuum to provide thetitle compound (95 mg) with the following physical data.

1H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.15 (s, 1H), 8.78 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 8.61 (d, J=4.4Hz, 1H), 8.12 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.95 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H),7.49 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 4.60 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.75 (s, 2H), 3.17 (t,J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 2.89 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 2.00 (t, J=10.8 Hz, 2H), 1.66 (d,J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 1.57 (broad s, 1H), 1.41 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H), 1.23 (m,2H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 508 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4493-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 448 (48 mg) intetrahydrofuran (1 mL) at ambient temperature was added zinc dust (120mg), and to the resulting stirred mixture added saturated ammoniumchloride (0.5 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at ambienttemperature for 17 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted withtetrahydrofuran (5 mL) and filtered through a glass microfibre filter.The flask and filter were rinsed with additional tetrahydrofuran. Thecombined filtrate and rinses were concentrated to remove most of thetetrahydrofuran, and the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetateand water, with addition of 10% sodium carbonate. The organic layer wasdried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified bychromatography on silica gel, eluting with 99/1 chloroform/methanol toprovide the title compound (20 mg) with the following physical data. 1HNMR (CDCl₃): δ 8.60 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (m,2H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.32 (m, 2H), 5.77 (broad s, 2H), 4.35 (q, J=7.2 Hz,2H), 3.80 (broad s, 2H), 3.33 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 2.99 (d, J=10.8 Hz,2H), 2.11 (t, J=10.8 Hz, 2H), 1.76 (d, J=12.0 Hz, 2H), 1.60 (broad s,1H), 1.41 (m, 5H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 478 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4505-Cyano-6-ethoxy-3-nitro-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamide

According to the same procedure described in Example 448, using thecompound prepared in Example 9 instead of the compound prepared inExample 214, the title compound having the following physical data wasobtained.

1H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 9.13 (s, 1H), 8.81 (m, 1H), 7.90 (m, 2H), 7.53 (m,2H), 6.95 (s, 1H), 4.61 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.73 (broad s, 2H), 3.17 (m,2H), 2.92 (m, 2H), 2.03 (t, J=10.8 Hz, 2H), 1.71 (d, J=12.0 Hz, 2H),1.55 (broad s, 1H), 1.39 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H), 1.22 (q, J=10.8 Hz, 2H),0.95 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 1H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 491 (M+H)⁺.

Example 4513-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)picolinamideHydrochloride

To a stirred solution of the compound prepared in Example 450 (120 mg)in tetrahydrofuran (2 mL) at ambient temperature was added zinc dust(160 mg), followed by saturated ammonium chloride (1 mL). The resultingmixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 17 hours. The reactionmixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and water, and then filteredthrough a glass filter. The filter was washed with ethyl acetate. Thecombined two-phase filtrate and wash were transferred to a separatoryfunnel and the organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate andconcentrated. The residue was dissolved in methanol, and to convert tothe hydrochloride salt, a 4 mol/L solution of hydrogen chloride indioxane (0.1 mL) was added. The solvent was concentrated to provide thetitle compound (102 mg) with the following physical data.

1H NMR (DMSO-d₆): δ 10.82 (broad s, 1H), 8.55 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 7.89(d, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.56 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 3H), 4.61 (broad s,2H), 4.50 (broad s, 3H), 4.42 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.49 (d, J=11.6 Hz,2H), 3.18 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 3.02 (q, J=10.8 Hz, 2H), 1.83 (d, J=11.6Hz, 3H), 1.57 (q, J=11.6 Hz, 2H), 1.33 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H);

Mass data (ESI, Pos.): m/z 461 (M+H)⁺.

Pharmacological Activities

The compound of the present invention of the formula (I) possesses ananti-diabetic effect and a neuroprotective effect, for example, such aneffect of the compound of the present invention of the formula (I) wasconfirmed by following tests.

All the procedures were conducted by conventionally used method on thebasis of basic biological methods. Furthermore, the measuring method ofthe present invention was modified to improve the accuracy and/orsensitivity of measurement for evaluating the compound of the presentinvention. The detailed experimental method was as follows.

Experimental Method (1) Assay of an Anti-Diabetic Effect of theCompounds in DIO (Diet-Induced Obese) Mice

The anti-diabetic effect of the compounds of the present invention wasproved by the following methods.

Male, 12-weeks old high fat-fed obese mice (C57BL/6-DIO, Charles RiverJapan) were orally administered with the compounds of the presentinvention twice a day for 15 days. During the experiment, mice wereprovided high fat pellet diet (D12492, Research Diets) and tap waterfrom bottle of feed water ad libitum. On the first day of theexperiment, blood samples were collected from tail vein using amicrocapillary to measure plasma glucose concentration. Based on plasmaglucose concentration, mice were divided into some groups (five mice pergroup) and started dosing. The dosing was carried out by oral gavage,after suspending the compounds of the present invention in thepreviously described vehicle. The control group received only thevehicle. After 15 days from starting the dosing, plasma samples werecollected from tail vein at overnight fasting state. Plasma glucose andinsulin levels were measured with commercial kits (glucose, GlucoseCH-Test Wako®, Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.; insulin, Rat InsulinELISA Kit, Morinaga Institute of Biological Science Inc.).

For example, in the assay described above, the compound of Example 115significantly decreased fasted plasma glucose and insulin levelsdose-dependently without any effects on body weight and food intake, ata dose of 30 or 100 mg/kg b.i.d.

As a result, the compounds of the present invention showed theanti-diabetic effect in the assays.

(2) Assay of a Neuroprotective Effect of the Compound in the RatTransient Focal Cerebral Ischemia Model.

Transient focal cerebral ischemia (120 min) was induced by intraluminalmiddle cerebral artery (hereinafter abbreviated to MCA) occlusion usingthe method of Koizumi et al., (in Japanese Journal of Stroke 1986;8:1-8). Male Sprague Dawley rats (7 weeks old; Charles River Japan) wereused. Under conditions of 30% oxygen and 70% air, the animals inhaled2.5% halothane (Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.) through a halothanevaporizer (Shinano Works). Under the anesthesia, the left common carotidartery (hereinafter abbreviated to CCA), the external carotid artery(hereinafter abbreviated to ECA) and the internal carotid artery(hereinafter abbreviated to ICA) were isolated from surroundingconnective tissue, then the CCA and the ECA were ligated with surgicalthread. Silicon-coated [mixture of XANTOPREN VL plus, (Heraeus DentalMaterial, Co., LTD) and OPTOSIL-XANTOPREN ACTIVATOR (Heraeus DentalMaterial, Co., LTD)] nylon suture (approx. 25 mm length, 4-O, NicchoIndustries, Co., Ltd.) was inserted via the CCA into the ICA, thenclamped with Sugita aneurysm clip (Mizuho Co., LTD) to occluded the leftMCA. Two hours after MCA occlusion, a nylon suture was removed forreperfusion under anesthesia. Immediately before MCA reperfusionneurological score of animals were observed using the method of Yonemoriet al., (in J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1996; 16: 973-80.) and animals thatscored less than 5 were excluded due to insufficient occlusion.Neurological score were observed based on cumulative scores of rotationposture in the tail suspension test (0: normal; 1: mild; 2: moderate; 3:severe) and decrease in traction of the right lower limb (0: normal; 1:mild; 2: moderate; 3: severe). The compounds of the present invention orvehicle (0.5% Methyl Cellulose) were administered orally 1 hour beforeMCA occlusion and 12 hours after MCA occlusion at a dose of 100 mg/kg.The compounds of the present invention were suspended with 0.5% MethylCellulose.

(2-1) An Evaluation Method of the Cerebral Infarct Volume

At 24 hours after MCA occlusion, neurological score were evaluated. Thenthe brain was removed and sliced into 2 mm-thick sections from theinteraural line, using a handy brain-slicer (BrainScience idea. Co.,LTD.), in order to prepare 6 cross-sectional slices. The slices werestained with 2% 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride solution for 20 to30 minutes, fixed with formalin, and then stored until image analysiswas performed. The images of samples were scanned using an imageanalyzer (MCID, Imaging Research). The cerebral infarct area wasidentified in scanned images and measured using image analysis software(Photoshop 5.5/NIH image 1.63) to determine the infarct area per slice.The cerebral infarct volume was then estimated using the followingformula:

The cerebral infarct volume (mm³)=(Total cerebral infarct area in six2-mm slices)×2

The cerebral infarct volume was estimated separately for the cortex andsubcortex regions. The total volume in both regions was considered to bethe total cerebral infarct volume (hemisphere).

For example, the compound of Example 115 showed significant preventiveeffect against the neurological score and the cerebral infarct volume at24 hours after MCA occlusion in this model.

As a result, the compounds of the present invention showed aneuroprotective effect in the assays.

(3) Evaluation of Hepatic Damage by the Compounds in Rats

The compounds of the present invention were administered orally to maleCrl: CD(SD) rats with four animals per group once daily for 4 days atdose levels of 0 (control) and 100 mg/kg to investigate hepatotoxicity.The compounds of the present invention were dissolved in 70% Wellsolve(solubilizer, Celeste Corporation) containing 30% DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide) and administered orally at a dose volume of 10 mL/kg. Thecontrol group was treated with the vehicle at the same dosing volume.

Blood was drawn from the abdominal vein of each animal at the day afterthe final dosing. The plasma was separated by centrifugation at 13,684×gfor 5 min at 4° C. The plasma concentration of aspartateaminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), biochemicalmarkers of hepatic damage, were measured.

For example, in the assay, the compound of Example 115 and Example 118were not increased in the plasm AST and ALT levels, respectively.

As a result, the compounds of the present invention showed to avoidundesirable side effects such as hepatotoxicity in the assays.

Therefore, the results indicated that these compounds of the presentinvention possess an anti-diabetic effect and a neuroprotective effect,but not undesirable side effects such as hepatotoxicity.

Formulation Example 1

The following components were admixed in conventional method and punchedout to obtain 10,000 tablets each containing 10 mg of active ingredient.

4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide. . . 100 g

Carboxymethylcellulose calcium (disintegrating agent) . . . 20 g

Magnesium stearate (lubricating agent) . . . 10 g

Microcrystalline cellulose . . . 870 g

Formulation Example 2

The following components were admixed in conventional method. Thesolution was sterilized in conventional manner, filtered through dustremoval equipment, placed 5 ml portions into ampoules and sterilized byautoclave to obtain 10,000 ampoules each containing 20 mg of the activeingredient.

4-chloro-3-methoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazolyl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)benzamide. . . 200 g

mannitol . . . 20 g

distilled water . . . 50 L

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

Since the compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, aN-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof, has ananti-diabetic effect and a neuroprotective effect, and are furthermoresafe, it is useful in a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for, forexample, a metabolic disease such as diabetes, cerebrovascular diseasesuch as stroke, etc.

1. A compound of the formula (I-1):

wherein Cyc1¹ is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s); Cyc2¹ is 5-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); Cyc4¹ is 5- to10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); X¹ is —CH₂—, —CO— or—SO₂—; Z¹ is —N(R⁵¹)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵¹)—, —N(R⁵¹)—, bond or —O—, whereinR⁵¹ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), or R⁵¹and the substituent of Cyc4¹ may be taken together to form C1-4 alkylenewhich may have a substituent(s) or C2-4 alkenylene which may have asubstituent(s); R¹⁰ is hydrogen or a substituent; R¹¹⁰ is a substituent;p is an integer of 0 to 8, wherein p is an integer of 2 to 8, each R¹¹⁰may be same or different; and wherein the compound of the formula (I-1)is not a compound of formula (I-2):

wherein Cyc1³ is

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to isoxazolyl carbon;Cyc4² is

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to carbonyl carbon; R⁶is hydrogen, acetyl, tert-butoxycarbonyl, methylsulfonyl orphenylsulfonyl; R⁷ is hydrogen, chlorine, phenyl, trifluoromethyl,methoxy, phenoxy, cyano or N-acetylamino; R⁸ is hydrogen,N,N-dimethylamino or N-morpholinyl; and R⁹ is hydrogen, methyl orphenyl, a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or aprodrug thereof.
 2. The compound according to claim 1, wherein

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to methylene carbon;Cyc8 is (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may havea substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s) or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclicring which may have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); Cyc9 is (1) 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclicring which may have a substituent(s); Cyc10 is 5- to 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); Cyc11 is6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s)or 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s); Cyc12 is 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-memberedmono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s); E is —O— or —N(R⁵⁴)—, wherein R⁵⁴ is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl which may have a substituent(s); R⁵² is hydrogen or C1-4 alkylwhich may have a substituent(s); R⁵³ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which mayhave a substituent(s); and wherein the compound of the formula (I-1) isnot the compound of formula (I-2) described in claim 1; and the othersymbols have the same meanings as described in claim
 1. 3. The compoundaccording to claim 2, wherein Cyc8 is (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which have at least two substituents or 6-memberedmono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have at least two substituents or(2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s); Cyc9 is (1) 5- to 6-membered mono-cycliccarbocyclic ring which have at least two substituents or 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which have at least twosubstituents or (2) 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic carbocyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s) or 8- to 10-membered bi-cyclic heterocyclicring which may have a substituent(s); and wherein the compound of theformula (I-1) is not the compound of formula (I-2) described in claim 1.4. The compound according to claim 2, wherein Cyc8 is (1)(a) imidazolyl,triazolyl, pyrazolyl, furanyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl,furazanyl, oxadiazolyl or thiadiazolyl which may have a substituent(s)or (1)(b) pyrrolyl or thienyl which have a substituent(s).
 5. Thecompound according to claim 1, wherein the compound of the formula (I-1)is a compound of the formula (I-1-1):

a compound of the formula (I-1-2):

a compound of the formula (I-1-3):

or a compound of the formula (I-1-4):

wherein W¹ and W² are each independently CH or N; W³ and W⁴ are eachindependently CH or N; R¹¹ is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy which mayhave a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), cyanoor amino, and each R¹¹ may be same or different; R¹² is halogen,hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy which may have a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl whichmay have a substituent(s), cyano or amino; R¹³ is C1-4 alkyl which mayhave a substitutent(s); n is an integer of 2 to 4; m is an integer of 0to 4, wherein m is an integer of 2 to 4, each R¹² may be same ordifferent; and the other symbols have the same meanings as described inclaim
 1. 6. A compound of the formula (I-1-5):

wherein Cyc1¹ is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s); Cyc2¹ is 5-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); X¹ is —CH₂—, —CO— or—SO₂—; R¹⁰ is hydrogen or a substituent; W⁵ is CH or N; R¹⁴ is cyano oramino; R¹⁵ is halogen, cyano or amino; and R¹⁶ is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy which may have a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano or amino, a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, asolvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof.
 7. The compound according toclaim 6, wherein Cyc1¹ is pyrrolidinyl, phenyl, N-morpholinyl or pyridylwhich may have a substituent(s); and Cyc2¹ is thiazolyl, isoxazolyl,thienyl or oxadiazolyl which may have a substituent(s).
 8. The compoundaccording to claim 7, wherein

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to X¹.
 9. The compoundaccording to claim 6, wherein

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to X¹;

wherein the arrow represents a binding position to methylene carbon; X¹is —CH₂—; R¹⁰ is hydrogen; and R¹⁶ is chlorine, hydroxy, methoxy orethoxy which may have a substituent(s), methyl or ethyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano or amino; and the other symbols have the samemeanings as described in claim
 6. 10. The compound according to claim 6,which is selected from the group consisting of (1)4-amino-5-chloro-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazoly)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide,(2)4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-({1-[(3-phenyl-5-isoxazoly)methyl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)-2-pyridinecarboxamide,(3)4-amino-5-cyano-6-ethoxy-N-((1-((2-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-5-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yemethyl)picolinamide,and (4)4-Amino-5-cyano-N-((1-((4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-2-phenylthiazol-5-yemethyl)piperidin-4-yemethyl)-6-ethoxypicolinamide.11. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises the compound of theformula (I-1-5) according to claim 6, a salt thereof, an N-oxidethereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof.
 12. A method forpreventing and/or treating an insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus, whichcomprises administering to a mammal an effective amount of a compound offormula (I):

wherein Cyc1 is a cyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); Cyc2 is acyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); Cyc3 is a cyclic ring whichmay have a substituent(s); Cyc4 is a cyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s); X is —CR³R⁴—, —CO— or —SO₂—, wherein R³ and R⁴ are eachindependently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s); R¹and R² are each independently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s); and Z is —N(R⁵)—CO—, —CO—N(R⁵)—, —N(R⁵)—, bond or —O—,wherein R⁵ is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl which may have a substituent(s), orR⁵ and the substituent of Cyc4 may be taken together to form C1-4alkylene which may have a substituent(s) or C2-4 alkenylene which mayhave a substituent(s), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvatethereof, or a prodrug thereof.
 13. The method according to claim 12,wherein R¹ and R² are each hydrogen; Cyc1 is 5- to 7-memberedmono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to7-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s); Cyc2 is 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 7-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); Cyc3 is 5- to6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s); and Cyc4 is 5- to 10-membered mono-cyclic or bi-cycliccarbocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s) or 5- to 10-memberedmono-cyclic or bi-cyclic heterocyclic ring which may have asubstituent(s).
 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein thecompound of the formula (I) is a compound of formula (I-1-5):

wherein Cyc1¹ is 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic carbocyclic ring which mayhave a substituent(s) or 5- to 6-membered mono-cyclic heterocyclic ringwhich may have a substituent(s); Cyc2¹ is 5-membered mono-cyclicheterocyclic ring which may have a substituent(s); X¹ is —CH₂—, —CO— or—SO₂—; R¹⁰ is hydrogen or a substituent; W⁵ is CH or N; R¹⁴ is cyano oramino; R¹⁵ is halogen, cyano or amino; and R¹⁶ is halogen, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy which may have a substituent(s), C1-4 alkyl which may have asubstituent(s), cyano or amino.
 15. (canceled)